A full surrender of all things of this world to Christ and His ways will yield a life lived rich, abundant, right and sweet. ♦ Many of us live lives of perpetual motions of our own making and blind adherence. It’s where… Read More ›
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King Josiah’s Amazing Discovery
While it might be disconcerting to witness a once godly nation stray so far from its roots and original moorings, the story of King Josiah and his amazing discovery gives hope to renewal and righteous reforms. ♦ Josiah was eight years old… Read More ›
Living a Healed Life?
Our heart wounds are a source of shame and a great cover-up from which we construct a false self. We can enter healed into a new journey and initiation with God. ♦ If we’re honest with ourselves and each other, we’re all… Read More ›
Living in Spiritual Warfare
The Enemy is real and destructive. But even many Christians have trouble accepting the reality of “the Devil.” If Christ acknowledged him, why not us? ♦ While many will acknowledge the spiritual realm in our lives (“I’m a very spiritual person”… Read More ›
Praying for Your Family
Here is a simple framework that will help direct specific prayers for you and your family and quite possibly redirect your personal prayer life. ♦ The first nine chapters of the first book of Chronicles is that part of the Bible that… Read More ›
Living in Godly Obedience
Are you living in obedience and freedom or guilt and bondage? Many Christians mix these up and operate life in shackles of their own making. ♦ Just the very mention of the word ‘obedience’ can cause a quiet, internal stir of… Read More ›
God, Boston, and Your Worldview
Evil boldly manifested again in the public square gives rise to the age-old question: How can a good God allow such bad things to happen? ♦ So it’s happening again. More bad things in a dark world, as they have… Read More ›
Easter Springs Truth
Even while a woefully secular culture tries to neutralize Easter, Christians can stand in bold confidence that the resurrection truth is undeniable. ♦ Amazing that as a culture we’ve become so secular that some public schools and city institutions now refer to… Read More ›
Job – the Book No One Finishes
The Book of Job teaches the solution to life’s pain and disappointments is not found in answering the question, Why? It is in trusting God and His sovereignty in the midst of our whys. ♦ Job was a man of… Read More ›
Jesus, the Word and God-Man
There’s no denying – the Word/Jesus, indeed incredibly, became human flesh, seen and witnessed in substance and glory by amazed people. ♦ The first eighteen verses of the Gospel of John read very different from that of the other gospel… Read More ›
Ashamed of the Gospel?
Even Christians shy away at times from the gospel, sometime in fear and even shame. The Apostle Paul boldly makes his claim of the power of this gospel message for all people, even us. ♦ How often do we shy… Read More ›
Albert Camus – Unlikely Seeker
Regardless of fronts and appearances, we are all seekers in a fallen world with full freedom of choice and personal responsibility. ♦ Albert Camus (pronounced Camu) was a prominent existentialist thinker. His writings revealed a struggle with religious issues like… Read More ›