Learning to Respond Well to Suffering and Grief

2 Cor 1:3-5 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in ...

The Sacrifice of Obedience

“Abraham built an altar…; and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar…” Genesis 22:9 There is a constant battle waging with...

Accepted

The same word rang in my ears all day whispering to my broken and sinful heart, “accepted…accepted…accepted”. I made the choice to discip...

Outsourcing Strength to the Source of All Strength

Be Strong .  I have seen these passages in the bible before…”keep running the good race, be strong, be courageous, etc.”  But what does ...

Contentment

Let Any One of You Without Sin Cast the First Tweet

With the use of social media, articles are posted almost daily about literally everything, from “The fifteen best vacation spots” to “ Ten...

Are you a Spiritual Peter or a Peter Pan?

"I would like to give a warm welcome to our newest member, Peter."   One question hangs in the balance after this impromptu intr...

The Illusion

The ground was THICKLY covered in ice as the cold, brisk wind cut through the air like a knife. As I walked along the canyon trail I looked...

The Sharing of Tears and The Mending of Souls

An unexpected enlightenment... A couple weeks ago I was home sick with the flu doing my devotion with my Bible app when providence...

Daily Reminder That Alone God Sufficeth

Let nothing disturb thee, nothing affright thee; all things are passing, God never changeth! Patient endurance attaineth to all things; ...

No Comfort in Warfare, No Security in a Foreign Land

Matthew 16:19b "I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it" Dear Church in America, We are at ...

The Hubris of Evangelical Textualism

For many Evangelical Christians, we are most comfortable when faith is clearly and cleanly definable within the bounds of reason.  We repe...