The following is an imagined conversation between Nehemiah and someone trying to play “peacemaker” and “honor” the high priest. PTTPP&“H”THP:[1] “How was your trip?” Nehemiah: “Business as usual.” PTTPP&“H”THP: “What are you gonna do now that you’re back in town?” Nehemiah: “I’m going to deal with this Tobiah problem.” PTTPP&“H”THP: “I don’t think that’s a […]
In 2 Chronicles chapter 10 God tells the story of King Rehoboam. People come to Rehoboam and say, “Your father made our yoke heavy. Now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke on us, and we will serve you.” Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, and he […]
Let’s think about Walter. Walter Hobbs. Walter wants a “reasonable amount” of Christmas in his life, but nothing too crazy. Walter prefers to keep things moderate when it comes to Christmas …he doesn’t want things to get out of hand. Because if you get too carried away, you are risking your reputation as a “sensible […]
The apostle Paul says, “The Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.” I believe that part of this “too deep for words” means music. Poetry and lyrics are humanity’s best effort […]
A couple of Sundays back, Brandon Hawkes came to the weekly gathering at 10101, and he invited us to imaginatively immerse ourselves in the scene where Jesus asks His followers, “Who do people say that I am?” And Jesus’ followers say, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of […]
It’s dark, in the bible, when Christmas is spoken.Always a bolt from the blue for the broken.It’s the valley of shadow, the land of the dead,It’s, “No place in the inn,” so He stoops to the shed.He’s born to the shameful, bends to the weak,becomes the lowly: the God who can’t speak!And yet, what a […]
In my morning meeting with The Boss He said, “Approve what is excellent, and whatever is excellent, and whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.” And then later in the meeting […]
God destroys and thwarts and makes foolish our prized popularity and paragons of wisdom and eloquence. God offers stumbling and folly. God chooses what is foolish, weak, low, and despised. What you GOTTA KNOW [bigtime know! …ONLY know …resolve to know nothing other than this know] [1Cor.2.2]!?!?!? How you gotta be with people… in weakness […]
In early December we are imaginatively immersing ourselves in the story of ACTS during my morning meetings with The Boss. Here are some of the crazy things we are seeing… In chapter 14 The Boss says, “In past generations I allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways. Yet I did not leave […]