We’re sometimes faced with very difficult choices. Our decisions to go through one door or another can have tremendous implications for our life and others. Where is God in our decision-making? ♦ Some may remember that popular TV game show, Let’s Make… Read More ›
Surrender
The 60-Minute Christian
The modern person of faith is challenged to live out their spiritual beliefs in the midst of everyday living. They problem is that we’re satisfied with that. ♦ People of faith, regardless the religion, can be mapped along a spectrum of… Read More ›
Running the Race to Win, Place, or Show?
The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all. ♦ That line… Read More ›
So Really…Why Do Bad Things Happen?
Death, poverty, suffering, evil, war. Set-backs, trials, accidents, tragedies. If God is so good, why does He allow bad things to happen? Does He control this world? Does He even care? ♦ An innocent 9 year-old girl is plowed into by a 240 pound errant… Read More ›
God and Vocational Direction
It wasn’t until my mid-40’s that I awoke to a deeper understanding of full surrender in the area of one’s vocation. ♦ Many years ago a pastor at our church speaking to a group of men on the topic of… Read More ›
Mentor Max
Mentoring is common in circles of business and faith. Max Rondoni was a mentor to me on biblical study and personally walking with Jesus. ♦ It’s been almost 5 years since I last spoke to Max. For almost 20 years he… Read More ›
Punting to Win
Losing is winning in the Christian faith. Are you willing to lose for the sake of Christ? ♦ In sports, a punt is a kick in which the ball is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground. In the context… Read More ›
A Brilliant Disguise?
And he said, ‘I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.’ We’ve been covering up ever since. ♦ Adam falls like a rock. He not only disobeys a direct order (eat freely… Read More ›
The Sower and the Vine
What we do and how we are “deployed” in this world is really a function of our response to the Word of God. ♦ Deployment. Several years ago this word was puzzling to me as I was hearing this term used… Read More ›
Living at 80%
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 ›
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 ›