To paraphrase C.S. Lewis: “The world is asleep in an evil enchantment.” Ideas on Being a Good Neighbor So how do we wake up our neighbors who are asleep “under an evil enchantment?” Pray, pray, pray. But what do you do after or, better, as you continue to pray. Short answer: Engage your neighbors in … More “The World is Asleep in An Evil Enchantment.”
This post was started about a month ago when I woke up with some random thoughts on communication and couldn’t go back to sleep. So I got up wrote them down. Read my Bible, read a chapter in a book and went back to bed around 4:30 AM. I found it in my unfinished files … More Waking up at 4:30 in the morning with thoughts about communication. Completely random.
(Part of the “Poetry Project”) The poet’s of Israel knew that the heart of Israel was forgetful. It has ever been so. The people of God have leaky souls. Pre and post resurrection, the Church, the Israel of God, since the ascension have suffered from the same malady. It is one of the reason that … More Training the Heart to Remember
As I prayed through Psalm 60, I was struck by how relevant David’s Psalm of lament was for our lamentable time. There is more we can do then pray but prayer is always the place to start. The moral breakdown of the nation is everywhere evident and almost nationally ignored as the nation’s violent underbelly … More When the Violent Stalk the Land
My prediction–your milage may vary. As we read the book of Acts and the Pauline epistles, one of the things that becomes clear is that the Lord’s Supper seems to have been both pivotal and problematic for the health of the early church’s life together. It also seems to have been far different than almost … More A Lord’s Supper Reformation Will Lead to An Expansion of House Churches
We have been living in the “last hour” since the ascension of Christ. No one knows when Christ will return. But this is sure, surer than your next breath, because your next breath is not promised, but the return of Christ is. The end of that last hour is closer than any time before. Will … More A Word for an Apostate Age
The violence, wickedness and stupidity of our culture get’s played out each night on the nightly news. The body count today is 22 dead in an Elementary School in Texas. Nineteen children dead. One teacher, one school administrator and the shooter all dead. And 19 children injured, no, wounded, as if they were in a … More Uvalde, Texas and the Prophet Habakkuk
The question itself is misguided. Everything that God commands us to do is worthy and valuable. But it is a question that nevertheless, pops up in our heads with more regularity than most of us want to admit. So, with that in mind, can I tell you a story? “Many people know that Young Life … More Is Prayer Worth It?
God is greater than our hearts. Is this not a great comfort? Our hearts are deceitful things. Jeremiah said it well, “The heart is more deceitful than all elseAnd is desperately sick;Who can understand it?” (Jer. 17:9) Our hearts affirm us and condemn us.Our hearts rule us and destroy us with passions.Our hearts … More God is Greater Than Our Hearts
It is a dangerous thing to measure ministry success by numbers or popularity, by healthy budgets or full pews. God’s ways are not ours. I know Godly and gifted men leading healthy and unified churches producing holy and devoted disciples whose churches over two decades of ministry never grew larger than about 140 people. I … More Measuring Success by Numbers
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