Devotionals and Shorter Writings
2010-01-04 09:03:21Democratic Christianity?NEW
I'm thankful I live in a democracy where I have the right to vote for my leaders, and I have the constitutional right and freedom to express my opinions about the direction our government is taking us. I'd rather live in a democracy than u... (read more)
2009-10-10 07:37:43Discerning The Body
For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself. - 1 Corinthians 11:29 (ESV) In my reading, I just saw this verse in a way I hadn't seen it before. The context of Paul's account of the L... (read more)
2009-09-14 07:38:58All Eyes For The Groom
Let us rejoice and be extremely glad, and let us give the glory to him. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready. - Revelation 19:7 The engagement has happened, the marriage is soon, and life is busy. The bride ... (read more)
2009-09-01 01:06:40Practical Evidence Of God's Existance
Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him! - Psalm 34:8 (ESV) Biblical faith is never blind. God does not ask us to trust Him with no evidence. He has revealed enough about Himself through what He has cr... (read more)
2009-06-23 07:08:08The First Adam And The Last Adam
Knowing Jesus Christ is becoming more and more of a passion for me. One of the many ways I see Jesus in the scriptures is through types of Christ, such as Melchizedek, Joseph and David. None of them are perfect, but they help to point out different ... (read more)
2009-05-27 05:59:52Isaiah 6
I've been thinking about Isaiah lately and his encounter with God in chapter 6. More specifically I've been trying to see this chapter as he saw it... as if I were him. In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a thro... (read more)
2009-05-27 05:23:33Like Versus Like
But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." - Genesis 3:4-5 (ESV) It seems that man has always wondered what ... (read more)
2009-05-03 09:29:33Thankful For The Ram
And He said, Now take your son, Isaac, your only one whom you love, and go into the land of Moriah. And there offer him for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will say to you. - Genesis 22:2 God told Abraham to offer up his son Isa... (read more)
2009-04-19 08:59:06What Jesus Sees
And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on t... (read more)
2009-04-11 07:26:40Fully Appreciating Who God Is
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and traded the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed animals, and creeping things. Romans 1:22-23 (WEB) It's someth... (read more)
2009-02-14 09:35:38God's Anger and His Character
Here's something that occurred to me not too long ago... I'd like to bounce this off of you to see what you think... see if you can knock any holes in it... The attributes of God can be divided into roughly two areas: His nature and His... (read more)
2009-02-01 10:27:34The Depth Of My Sin
Lately I've been thinking about how sinful we are (read "I am"), and in my time in God's word, a couple thoughts came to mind... I lead a bible study at our church on Sundays. We finished the book of Job not too long ago (a gre... (read more)
2009-01-16 12:00:00Unaware of Intercession?
The LORD said to Moses, "I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people. Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may burn hot against them and I may consume them, in order that I may make a great nation of you." But Mos... (read more)
2009-01-04 08:22:19Favoritism
... [Jacob] loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren. Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she named him Reuben. For she said, "B... (read more)
2009-02-06 06:16:19Joseph - A Type Of Christ
The Old Testament contains various "types" of Christ - people who reflected what the Messiah would be like, but I think the one person who foreshadowed Jesus the most was Joseph, the son of Jacob. Here is a list of similarities I've f... (read more)
2009-01-06 05:27:39Who's The Greatest?
At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" ... - Matthew 18:1 (ESV) Jesus' disciples seemed to have an obsession with whoever was the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. They... (read more)
2008-12-06 06:05:44Foster Fathers
In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin's name was Mary. - Luke 1:26-27 (AKJV) Why was it necess... (read more)
2008-12-05 11:15:09Looking For Good
The economy, terrorism, crime, immorality... it seems all the news lately is bad. The general trend seems that things are careening from bad to worse. It's uncertain times like these that are a great help in revealing what I think is most impor... (read more)
2008-11-01 12:00:00Jesus Christ's Personal Intercession
If you've had a relationship with Jesus for any length of time, you can probably recall Him speaking to you personally. He may have told you to talk to a friend about their need for Him. He may have encouraged you from a Bible verse you had rea... (read more)
2004-06-08 12:00:00How Powerful Is Your God?
All believers have a limited idea of what God is capable of doing. We may say God can do anything, but we still have unspoken reservations in some areas. Yes, God can heal the sick and raise the dead. He can part the seas and move mountains. He not ... (read more)
2004-06-08 12:00:00Conditional Forgiveness
You just found out someone has been spreading untrue and damaging rumors about you to all your friends, and now you know why most of them have been avoiding you. What conditions need to be met in order for you to forgive that person who has done ... (read more)
2001-10-01 12:00:00Unity Of The Body Of Christ
"I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; that they all may be one..." - John 17:20-23 (NKJV) Jesus prayed for you and I that we would be one - in unity with God and in unity with e... (read more)
2004-06-08 12:00:00Are You Hungry?
We've all experienced what we call hunger to some degree or the other. Sometimes I'll have only a banana for breakfast, or maybe just a hot cup of tea, and later on, as lunch gets closer, my stomach lets me know it wants some food. I'... (read more)
2004-06-08 12:00:00Rewards
Rewards come in many forms for many different things. There are trophies, ribbons, certificates, rings, plaques, belts, and medals, and they're given for achievements in sports, music, science, business, and other areas. For those who serve... (read more)
2001-10-01 12:00:00Modern Christian Folklore
Many well-meaning believers, in an attempt to "prove" the truth of Christianity, will make use of what I call "Christian folklore". This is second-hand evidence that usually either disproves evolution, or proves creation. The pro... (read more)
2001-10-01 12:00:00What Determines Worth?
I had often wondered what made one painting worth more than another. Is it the name of the artist who painted it? Is it the quality or complexity of the work? Perhaps how old it is? Recently a painting sold for $55 million dollars at Christie... (read more)
2001-10-01 12:00:00Preparing For Worship
Ah, Sunday - The day of rest! The day that we can recuperate from the spiritual drain of the week so that we can get ready for the next six days. We get run down and stressed out Monday through Saturday, and Sunday is the day we get "recharged... (read more)
2004-06-08 12:00:00The Body Of Christ
When Jesus walked the earth, He had a physical body, just like we do. He spent alot of time doing His Father's work. He met physical and spiritual needs in the people who came to him, and sometimes people met His physical needs. Although Jesus ... (read more)
2001-10-01 12:00:00Uncertain Situations
Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. .. - Acts 16:16-40 (NIV) Paul and Silas were in Philippi, and a girl with a demonic spirit (a spirit of 'Pytho... (read more)
2001-10-01 12:00:00Hearing His Voice
it's amazing how God designed the human brain to be able to pick out individual voices in a crowd. There could be any number of people talking all at once in a crowded room and you could mentally focus on one conversation and then another witho... (read more)
2001-10-01 12:00:00Small Towns
But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong, and the base things of the world and the despised, God has chosen, the things that are not, t... (read more)
2001-10-01 12:00:00Thoughts On Our Future
How far back can you remember? Try to remember the time you were 3 months old. Hard, eh? I can't remember when I was 3 years old, but that doesn't mean I never was 3 years old. The fact that I am alive now proves that I was 3 at one time. ... (read more)
2001-10-01 12:00:00Removing Barriers
For this reason he {Jesus} had to be made like his brothers in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people. Because he himself suffered w... (read more)
2001-10-01 12:00:00A Lesson From Trees
Trees amaze me. You can take two different kinds of trees, plant them in the same soil, give them the same water, fertilizer, and sunshine, and they'll grow differently. Each has it's own style of growth, bark, and leaves. And each produce... (read more)
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