What do you do when you are so distraught and overwhelmed in your soul that you literally are holding on the wall to keep from falling to the floor into a heap of discouragement? How do you steady yourself when you are so stressed your whole body is shaking? How to keep from screaming at the top of your longs…
Category: <span>Life</span>
My grandfather (and later father) used to ask me “Are you helping out or part of the problem?” on a continual basis. I could not help but infer from his question that I probably wasn’t “helping out” so much because I assumed (rightly I am sure) that the question came because indeed I was “part of the problem.” This really…
The month of July looks to be quite the busy month for me. God has blessed me with some tremendous opportunities to serve his church and I am excited to busy myself with the ministry. I would say that this means I won’t be posting that much on my blog, but I already don’t post that much on my blog,…
Evangelical Christians understand that the Gospel is of first importance in how we frame our views of the world, both the world to come as well as the world we live in now. Yet we seem to have the tendency at times to emphasize how the gospel affects living in one world at the expense of living in the other.…
I recently wrote an article bemoaning the persistent and pervasive forcing of our nation to live in a fantasy world. One where marriage does not mean marriage, but basically means “an expression of love.” And this is the heart of the gay marriage debate. The argument has been framed in such a way that it makes opponents opposed to love…
My soul thirsts for you O my God, My heart aches to hear your voice Whisper peace into my troubled mind, “Rejoice, my child, you are mine, Rejoice” “Where are the mighty warriors in the land Crying for justice against this evil day? Their silence roars, and my heart longs Will you still uphold me, you’re my one stay?” “There…
“Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.” (Colossians 4:5-6) As noted previously, the direct application is to our gospel witness with our lives that we engage in on a daily basis, yet I contend that…
The next several articles will focus on these two verses written by the Apostle Paul to the Colossians applied to the various venues of communication that take place in our current culture. This first installment will provide the overview of the contextual meaning of the verses. “Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. Let your speech…
In the classic work by John Owen, The Mortification of Sin we learn the importance of a believer killing sin as they walk in the grace and faith of Jesus Christ. Richard Rushing abridged and edited the puritan’s classic work (the men are reading this particular edition during our fellowship time on the first Thursday each month). In chapter 4,…
“For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My name may be declared in all the earth.” (Romans 9:17) A few days ago, I was enjoying the cool of the evening (for the first time in a while it seems) in our backyard reading some Scripture. I turned to…