Christian Living… To Know and Not to Do Is Not to Know 1 Jan 20141 Jan 2014 Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the…
Christian Living… Got Fruit? 30 Dec 201330 Dec 2013 Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from…
Christian Living… Anniversary 29 Dec 201329 Dec 2013 Twenty-three years ago today, Mandi and I were married. We have come a long way…I think… We have been through a lot together, and we've put each other through a…
Christian Living… Living for God Means Living like Jesus 22 Dec 201322 Dec 2013 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in…
Christian Living… What the Bible Never Talks About 18 Dec 201318 Dec 2013 We have all done things that we feel horrible about in retrospect. Many of us have felt that what we need is to forgive ourselves. There is one problem with…
Christian Living… Walking in the Valley of the Shadow, Part 4 16 Dec 201316 Dec 2013 A third thing I have been learning about ministering to people who are hurting, is that it is important to be praying for discretion and discernment; because sometimes listening is…
Christian Living… Walking in the Valley of the Shadow, Part 3 14 Dec 201314 Dec 2013 Another thing I have been learning in my ministry to people who are going through extreme difficulty is that the struggle with "why" and "where was God" is normal. There…
Christian Living… Walking in the Valley of the Shadow, Part 2 12 Dec 201312 Dec 2013 One of the things I have been learning about sharing God's love with people who are experiencing great pain, is that it is almost always more helpful to be a…
Books… Things That Make You Go Hmmmm…. 9 Dec 20139 Dec 2013 My friend, mentor, and spiritual father, Charlie "Tremendous" Jones was famous for saying, You will be the same person five years from now you are today except for two things:…
Christian Living… God Works In Us a Love for Him 30 Nov 201330 Nov 2013 Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for…