I will offer one caveat (though God very often offers no caveats). Admittedly, I offer this caveat because I am insecure (but God is not insecure, and therefore He offers far fewer caveats). I offer this caveat because I am afraid to make you uncomfortable (God is not afraid to make you uncomfortable, hence He […]
Read 2 Kings 2:23-25. Then imagine asking Jesus of Nazareth, “What’s your interpretation and application of this anecdote?” (Luke 2:46-47; 24:27). ::: Elisha was traveling to the house of God He encountered a jeering small boy squad 42 they numbered Then the She-bears lumbered And upon the small boys they gnawed A limerick based on […]
Edwardo had often wondered, “Where is God?” Edwardo would lay in his bed at night and wish that God would tangibly come hug him and tuck him in (it seemed a fatherly thing for God to do, and a childlike thing for Edwardo to want). Every night Edwardo yearned for it, and wondered “Where is […]
“Yet, unbelief doesn’t see God as the ultimate good. So it can’t see sin as the ultimate evil. It instead sees sin as a good thing and thus God’s commands as a stumbling block to joy. In believing the devil, I didn’t need a pentagram pendant to wear, neither did I need to memorize a […]
I have recommended the book “How To Stay Married” (by Harrison Scott Key) to lots of people. Approximately half(ish) of these people say, “I don’t like it!” My theory about why some people don’t like it, is because it makes us feel the way we’re supposed to feel with we read Scripture …uncomfortable and unsettled. […]
Just finished listening to Daisy Jones & The Six on audiobook. There are a couple of quotes that really hit me as I listened to this book. Here they are: Daisy: “I was caught in a world of my own ego. I had this validation I’d been looking for for such a long time, but […]
When you read the following sentence WHO COMES TO MIND? “Present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.” A PhD theologian cannot be your primary paradigm. A renowned Christian author cannot be your primary paradigm. A decorous holy man cannot be […]
In my morning meeting with The Boss He said some stuff that really caught me off guard. Here are some of the things that startled me… “We ought always to give thanks to God for you, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.” […]
“I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness.” – Paul (formerly Saul of Tarsus) Here are some more quotations from Small (aka Paul)… “I feel a divine jealousy for you.” “I betrothed you to one Husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.” “If someone offers y’all a different gospel […]
E.O. “I’ve got your next sermon. Exodus 4:24-26. That’ll preach.” Bronco: E.O. “Okay, so I only actually texted you that because at first it made no sense to me…I was like”what the crap” .. and I guess I don’t fully grasp the significance and of circumcision in general-(the covenant-outward marking and separation- that they be […]