Tag: Jesus
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I Am Thankful For Salvation
One summer day, while in High School, some friends of mine and my brother were in a car together. We were making a movie that we thought was quite humorous. That day, for the first time in my life, I understood what it meant to be thankful for being saved from doom in this life.…
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You’re Not An Animal
I expect animals to throw poop at each other, but when people start doing it…then it’s newsworthy. Here is my point. You have more dignity than an animal fulfilling their every urge.
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Worshipping As A Family With Repetitive Steadfastness
Rather than seeing this repetition of life as something that is boring we should view it as a faithfulness that will bear fruit you won’t get from always attempting to do something new.
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A Land With No Sensory Processing Disorder
There is something that occurs multiple times a day that makes me quite sad. It happens as often as I see my son walk up to the toilet to urinate. It’s when he covers his ears. My child has autism. And, everyone that has autism has sensory processing disorder. Now, this manifests itself in different…
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Rest From The Weariness
Moralism is tedious and draining. And there is an obvious reason for it being draining. It is an attempt to do an impossible climb of good deeds to God, or at least better than the other people around (I hope you’re thinking about the Pharisee and the Publican right now). The thought of it is…
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You Keep Using That Word. I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means.
The thing I want to discuss is the reaction to her. Kim Davis has been labeled a hypocrite for a reason that seems right. She has been divorced, not once but three times. With a record like that the hypocrisy label stuck quite nicely.
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Lack Of Compassion For The Poor:An Example Of The Damage Of Extreme Political Culture On Christianity
Fox News has become a rallying point for Conservative Evangelicals. And this has become the case so much that many people equate being a Christian with agreeing with the opinions on Fox News, even when it is an opinion that God hates.
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I Had A Conversation With A Jehovah’s Witness A Few Days Ago
I was at home watching my daughter while my wife was away with my son when there was a knock at the door. It was a man and wife who were Jehovah’s Witnesses. They wanted to invite me to an event and I noticed that he was holding a New World Translation Bible…it is the…
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A Look At Repentance From Spurgeon
Oftentimes, when I need a bit of a pick-me-up, I will read a sermon from Charles Spurgeon. He delivered big truths in a big way, but he did so with great clarity and conviction. I am a student pastor so, no surprise for other student pastors, I often do this on Thursday Morning. It is,…
