Just Looking or Pursuing?
Ages ago I worked at the Radio Shack in the local mall. During that time I noticed is that there were two basic types of shoppers. The first slowly ambled…
Year: 2014
The Mark
The scene could be played out in any of a number of cities on any given moonless night. Two men separated by several hundred yards are walking in the same…
What Are You Hoarding?
One day a man came up to Jesus and asked Him to judge between his brother and himself in the matter of an inheritance. What followed was a teaching on…
Futility vs. Success
In Greek mythology, there is this king named Sisyphus that was condemned to a particularly futile eternal punishment. In the myth, Sisyphus must roll a large boulder up a hill…
The Practice of Prayer
Want to know something funny? I have this article idea that uses Philippians 4:6-7 as its centerpiece. In case you’re not familiar with it the passage goes, “Be anxious for…
Coloring Between the Lines
One day, not very long ago, my grandson Asher was in preschool coloring a picture. As he pushed the crayon across the page he announced, “Jesus never colored outside the…
Sally’s Goldfish
One night Sally’s dad came home with one arm behind his back. “Sally! come here a second.” Dad yelled from the doorway. Within a few moments, Sally bounded around the…
The Dividing Line
The dividing line of all religion, all philosophy, and all worldviews is whether Jesus is God the Son or not. There is no in-between or nuance of position, there can…
How to Receive God’s Love
Receiving God’s love and forgiveness can be expressed with 4 R’s. Repent of your sin and its results: To repent means to turn away from. God did not reject you; you…
Our Part: Love
Nope, I didn’t skip one. If you haven’t been following along we’ve been looking at Peter’s progression in his 2nd letter. “Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence,…
Our Part: Godliness
When trying to define pornography and obscenity Justice Potter Stewart famously said: “I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced within…
Our Part: Perseverance
There was once an older gentleman that decided to take a young girl fishing on a lake filled with stumps. During their outing, the girl’s hook repeatedly snagged the submerged…