Called to Freedom
Balance is interesting if you think about it. Place the balance point properly, and a large weight can be balanced with a small one. It’s not a matter of equality,…
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Exploring Galatians: Tumbled Words
Have you ever gotten so exasperated with a situation that words just seem to tumble out? You know, like when a toddler makes a 5-alarm mess just as you’re getting…
Freedom and Faith
The priorities of our lives are like a tower of wooden blocks with the highest priorities at the top. But it doesn’t take much more than a rampaging toddler to…
Plans and Steps
We all seek to have a certain level of “control” in our lives. A few of us are control freaks and seek a very high control level. Most of us…
Exploring Galatians: Two Sons
As Paul nears the end of his argument, he deploys an allegory to make his point. “Tell me, you who want to be under law, do you not listen to…
Do I Know You?
Let’s face a fact. Most of you reading these words are unknown to me and I’m not really known by you. That is simply the nature of this kind of…
Exploring Galatians – Relationship Reset
Does absence make the heart grow fonder, or does distance breed contempt? Maybe both are true. In this part of our exploration of Galatians, Paul gets personal. Behind his words…
What is Your Delight?
What do you delight in? Now, that’s an open-ended question with many answers. A cherry pie made with tart cherries is delightful. The colors of the sunrise and sunset are…
Once Again With Feeling
The passion week of Christ is an emotional roller coaster. Imagine for a moment hearing the events as they unfold without knowing what comes next or what the outcome will…
Exploring Galatians: A Matter of Conscience
There is a division in the Body of Christ that we’re going to explore. It may make some of you uncomfortable or even angry. But this topic is really just…
The Safety of Integrity
Our lives and our innermost thoughts are increasingly on public display. Social media is constantly inviting us to share our feelings through shares, likes, comments, and emojis—each instance adding another…
Exploring Galatians: Sonship
Every society is built on a set of simple premises. Those premises are the foundation and the cement of all that follows. However, those foundational principles will differ between various…