Read this post on your smartphone Growing up in a Southern Baptist family prevented me from ever playing a pinball machine. Well, “prevented” may not be the best choice of words. I did play pinball a few times. It was fun, but all the machines were designed to be as worldly as possible, so that […]
Tag: Life
Posted inGrace, Peace, Promises
Relax, Refresh, Renew
Some men from our church home regularly meet for breakfast every Friday. Recently, one of the guys was diagnosed with bone cancer. As you can imagine, this news was a fierce blow to him and his family. Many people have joined in asking the Father for his healing. If you feel led, please remember him […]
Posted inJudgment
Identity
Our Identity is Found in Jesus As Christians, we exchanged our lives for life in Jesus. If you are a believer, then your identity has been changed. The new ‘you’ is found in Jesus “For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God1.” I’m Not Me In a genuine sense, we […]
Posted inCross, Foregiveness, God, Hope, Life
Jesus, the First Fruit
Today is Good Friday. If we have received Jesus, then today we celebrate the work Jesus accomplished through the cross – His death and burial. By these, we received forgiveness for our sins, reconciliation with God, and restoration to God’s original desire: we are children of God. Now we anticipate our rejoicing on Sunday, the […]
Posted inFather, Gospel, Life, Salvation, Truth
Who Did You Say Jesus Is?
Years ago, I worked with a software architect that made a trip to the headquarters of Microsoft® in Redmond, Washington. While there, he emailed our development team, giving us a first-hand account of a fictitious encounter with Bill Gates at a local Wendy’s® restaurant. His story was entertaining but insightful and pointedly honed to speak […]
Posted inLearning, Life
Between My Ears
Scientists, generally, and archeologists, specifically, as well as anti-Israeli nations, have argued for decades that the nation of Israel doesn’t deserve the land it possesses because there is no evidence that the Jews ever actually possessed this land. But the time for that conjecture has passed. In 2015, a ten-year-old boy discovered an “unprecedented” find. […]
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Avarice
Twice, I’ve witnessed an inheritance from a parent to their children result in considerable damage to family relationships.
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What He Already Owns
The skies are grey, and shadows come early. The wind blusters as it blows leaves around. The frost in the mornings tells me that surely, it won’t be long ’till there’s snow on the ground. Autumn seems to affect people in one of two ways. Either they throw themselves into fall, attending football games, soccer […]
Posted inJesus, Obedience
My Two Friends
I have two of my friends that approach life in Christ quite differently. My one friend has an insatiable thirst for Christ in his life. He spends a lot of time listening to sermons and diligently reading and memorizing the Scriptures. He loves the book of Romans and always finds a way to talk to […]