Discipleship… Lesson 3: Not Allowed to Speak (Lessons from Jury Duty) 23 May 201821 May 2018 Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips and spreads slander is a fool. Sin is not ended by multiplying words, but the prudent hold their tongues (Proverbs 10:18-19 (NIV). One of…
Discipleship… Lesson 2: That Looks Too Expensive (Lessons from Jury Duty) 22 May 201821 May 2018 As we were being prepped for the possibility of serving on a jury, we were given an overview of the cases going on that week which would require a jury…
Discipleship… Lesson 1: That Excuse Won’t Excuse (Lessons from Jury Duty) 21 May 2018 I believe that common and every day experiences were often what served as the springboards for Jesus’ lessons. Scripture was His textbook, life was His classroom. Over and over again we…
Discipleship… Being Full of Grace 8 May 20187 May 2018 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace…
Christian Living… The Truth Is… 7 May 20186 May 2018 I have been learning that once you have spent any amount of time around people you will discover two realities about relating with them. The first reality is that a…
Discipleship… Lessons from Spiderman (Special Graces in Common Places, part 3). 18 Aug 201717 Aug 2017 But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers (Matthew 23:8, NIV). In my last two posts, I shared that common…
Discipleship… Personal Confessions (Special Graces in Common Places, part 2) 17 Aug 2017 In light of these things I have been learning in my last post, I have some confessions to make: While I have had some great insights, discussions, and breakthroughs in…
Discipleship… Special Graces in Common Places 16 Aug 201716 Aug 2017 Then people brought little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked them. Jesus said, "Let the little children…
Discipleship… Be Like Mom 14 May 201713 May 2017 For Mother's Day I thought I would share this message I gave a few years ago on Mother's Day. I posted it back then in parts, here it is presented in…
Discipleship… The More Things Change… 3 Mar 20173 Mar 2017 I have been struck—again—by the truth of the old adage, “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” We have cars instead of horses, instant messaging instead of…
