Godly Speech Today, I want to spend some time focusing on what the Bible says our speech should look like as Christ followers. While it’s important to understand what we’re not supposed to do (gossip!) it’s equally important to know what we are supposed to do! So grab your Bibles and let’s check out whatContinue reading “Taming the Tea: Part III”
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Taming the Tea: Part II
Why Do We Gossip? Yesterday we looked at the power of our words, why gossip is detestable to God, and the effects of gossip on our relationships. Today we turn our attention to the why of gossip. I briefly mentioned in the first lesson that women are attracted to gossip because we are relationally centered.Continue reading “Taming the Tea: Part II”
Biblical Blessing
The prosperity gospel has become quite popular in American Evangelical Christian culture. One doesn’t have to look far on social media or in book stores to see what I’m talking about. Sermons, quotes, and books that promise health, wealth, and beauty for followers of Jesus make for a good sale. It also kinda makes meContinue reading “Biblical Blessing”
Continuous Deliverance
*This article first appeared in the July issue of Faith on Every Corner Magazine. A few months ago my 15-year-old daughter made a bracelet of her favorite Bible verse at a youth group event. With beaded letters she spelled out “Gal two twenty” (representing Galatians 2:20). Wanting to be cool like her, I insisted weContinue reading “Continuous Deliverance”
Wings and Worry
For the last 10 days or so, my family and I have had the privilege of watching a family of house wrens in our backyard. Initially, we were very pleased when two adult birds took up residency in the birdhouse our son made. But then! One day we heard a faint chirping from within theContinue reading “Wings and Worry”
Apologetic: No Other God (Part III)
The Humble Love of God. The idea of a humble God is one that simply doesn’t exist in other religions. God (or gods) as all-powerful, sure. But humble? Not so much. Yet, in the Christian faith we see the humble love of God demonstrated in the person of Jesus Christ. Hebrews 1:3 and Colossians 1:15Continue reading “Apologetic: No Other God (Part III)”
Apologetic: No Other God (Part II)
God, Triune, and our All in All. The God of the Bible is unlike any other depiction of God. Only in the God of the Bible do we see God revealed as a personal, triune God. From the Scriptures, we learn that God is one Being in three persons – the Father, the Son, andContinue reading “Apologetic: No Other God (Part II)”
A Delivered People
When we are in the eternity of God I sincerely hope we’re privy to a larger than life replaying of biblical history. I want to see it all! I want to see Creation, Samson catching foxes, David slaying Goliath, and Elijah calling down fire from Heaven. I want to see the night sky breaking wideContinue reading “A Delivered People”
Holding Fast the Word of God
In a television interview two years ago, Pastor Rick Warren was asked to identify our number one purpose in life. This was his answer: “Your number one purpose in life is to let God love you. Not to love God, but to let Him love you.” Oof. If you wonder why I bring this quoteContinue reading “Holding Fast the Word of God”
A People Prepared
John the Baptist has always fascinated me. I would love to have seen this wild, camel hair wearing, locust eating man for myself. The man who in one moment beheld all three Persons of the trinity; the man who famously stated that he must decrease and Christ must increase. The man who fearlessly confronted Herod’sContinue reading “A People Prepared”
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