Of all the sights we saw in Italy, the Leaning Tower of Pisa was one of the most amazing. I never realized just how big it was. When we first saw it, my wife thought it looked like a huge elegant wedding cake. For me, I pondered just how long it would take before it crashed. Read More
Easter, Problems and Hope For Us All | Resurrection Sunday | John 20:17
For me, the reason is clear. By using her, He was saying to us all, no matter where you’ve been, no matter what the shame you’ve been carrying, through my death, burial, and resurrection, not only are you forgiven, but I can use you to demonstrate my love and redemption to others. That, dear reader, is what Resurrection Sunday and real Christianity are all about. Read More
Following, Fishing, and Making Us What He Wants Us To Be | If God is for us, who is against us? | Romans 8:31
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Read More
Parking Lots, Subaru’s and Looking for True Humility | Pride wears many masks | Matthew 10:32-33
You don’t have to have nice things to struggle with pride. Pride wears many masks. It can pray in prayer meetings, preach from pulpits, cloth itself in humble attire and strangely, be proud of its so-called humility. Read More
Shrimp Boats, Wakes, and Never Clocking Out | Be: Quick to Listen, Slow to Speak, Slow to Anger | James 1:19 |
Beyond being a pastor, being a child of God is not a job we clock in and out of. It’s who we are. Unfortunately, not everyone agrees. For those who hold such a view, I see a few problems. Namely, if my commitment to walk with God is sporadic, when I need His help, His responsiveness is likely to be the same. Read More
Learning To Live Wrinkle Free | Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor | Proverbs 21:21 |
Sitting side by side in the front row of the courtroom, we patiently waited until they finally called his name. It was then that I heard Jesus calling mine. “That’s what I did for you,” He said. “I took your messed up wrinkled life, and in exchange gave you mine. I put on your shame and let you put on my righteousness so that you might be accepted in the eyes of the judge.” Read More
Healing The Things That Hurt The Most | Good Things Come to Those Who Let God Finish What He’s Begun | Habakkuk 3:17-19 |
You see, once we’ve submitted our lives to God and allowed Him to put all the broken pieces back together, we still have to walk things out and sometimes it really hurts. Well, if that’s you don’t give up now! Good things come to those who let God finish what He’s begun… Read More
I Will Pour out of my Spirit Upon All Flesh | Revival, Vietnam and Healing Broken Hearts | Acts 2:17a |
The earth shook and so did he. Nearby, the drone sound of helicopter blades, awaiting his return, offered the only hope he had. If He could only recover one more soldier, it would still be worth it all. It was there, while lifting his leather boot and stepping over one more slain body that it happened. Alan froze in his place… Read More
God has made from one blood all the Nations | Living A Lot Closer Than We Think | | Acts 17:26-27 |
I must admit darting around cars and cows made for an interesting early morning ride through a metropolis that houses one of the largest slums in all of Asia. With shacks and shanties stacked and squeezed together, it’s estimated that as many as eighteen thousand people are living on just one acre of its land… Read More
Trains, Bandits And The Shield Of God’s Word | Isaiah 54:17 |
Interestingly, once the train started moving, and the bandits decided to launch their attack, my friend responded just like everyone else. He was terrified. With gunshots exploding at the back of the train, and people screaming in sheer terror, Francis stood frozen while one of the bandits made his way straight toward him. His heart was about to come out of his chest… Read More
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