Too many of us have had friends or family members who have suffered the cost of crippling addictions. We have watched helplessly as people we love destroy their marriages, their potential and their health and nearly every relationship and good thing in their lives by the enslavement of their passions for drugs, alcohol, sex, gambling, … More Hugging Death for Life
There is much that we know about God’s will, so clear and voluminous in His word to us, but often in the particulars for our day to day choices and questions we often wish for more or we wonder, “Lord, why did that happen? What are You up to? How do You want me to … More What We Know and Don’t Know of God’s Will
I was reading a book review of a book I can’t recommend and won’t name, but one reviewer of the book, a guy by the name of “Brenden” (no last name given) had some interesting and I think accurate historical analysis. He was writing about the Ancient Roman approach to religion and Christianity in particular. … More Reading a Book Review of a Book I Won’t Recommend
“You’ve heard it said that to be victorious in a military battle you must have the ‘most boots on the ground.’ Conversely, to be victorious in a spiritual battle, you must have the most ‘knees on the ground.’” …The character Eli to his young pastor friend Elmo in the novel The Old Man and the … More First Post after an Assassination Attempt on a Former President
Day 1 It was a January day in my freshman year at the University of Maryland. I’ll not go into a lot of detail because I don’t in any way want to glorify sin. Just short of my 19th birthday, I was contemplating suicide. My life seemed to be circling the drain of a cesspool … More Three Days that Changed My Life
Great Quotes from Dead Saints Who Live “The Church used to be a lifeboat rescuing the perishing. Now she is a cruise ship recruiting the promising.” The Challenge of Ravenhill
Technology is Killing Your Church Originally Posted on December 4, 2013 by Marty Schoenleber, Jr. Friday is for Thinking Technology is killing your church. Rather, it is killing the soul of your people who are the church. Your people are like mine. They are addicted to technology like crack cocaine. They don’t think they can live without it. … More Technology is Dangerous to Your Spiritual Health
Sometimes, reading the Scripture out loud is the only balm for the soul in the midst of confusion. Nothing else comes close. The Lord, a Provider and Deliverer. A Psalm of David when he feigned madness before Abimelech, who drove him away and he departed. Psalm 34 1 I will bless the Lord at all times;His praise shall continually be in … More Psalm 34
I don’t want to write this post. Just like I didn’t want to write last Friday’s post on why President Trump is a Poor Candidate for President (Link here). (By the way, that post drew considerable pushback from a few of my brothers and sisters in Christ. One thought I was unfair to Trump and … More Nine Biblical Reasons Why President Biden is a Poor Candidate for President
Sunday Afternoon MusingsSometimes, Weeping is Unstoppable. We had Easter again this Sunday. Our pastor lost a sister to sickle-cell disease this past week. But heaven gained a new citizen. Kai loved Jesus and so the family rejoices in the midst of their grief just like my family did when we lost my sister in January. … More Holy Forever
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