Love… Growing Wise 17 Nov 201417 Nov 2014 One of the ways love is shown is wisdom. Love is wise. If that is true, how do you get wisdom? Let me share three ways I have been learning…
Love… What Wisdom Looks Like 16 Nov 201416 Nov 2014 Love = grace + truth. When we respond to others in grace and conduct ourselves in the truth we are living a life of love. One of the ways of…
Love… Why Is Wisdom So Important? 14 Nov 201414 Nov 2014 Why is wisdom so important? Without wisdom, you can't live the truth. That is what wisdom is: the application of truth to life. You can't be good, righteous, just, honest,…
Love… Love and Wisdom 13 Nov 201413 Nov 2014 In 1996, Dr. Michael Behe a microbiologist and professor at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, published a book called Darwin's Black Box. Behe claimed that Darwin's theory of evolution was not…
What I've Been Learning… 10th Anniversary 23 May 201423 May 2014 Today is my 10th anniversary of being an ordained minister with the CCCC's (Conservative Congregational Christian Conference). I have been in pastoral ministry for twelve. In reflecting on this, I…
Spiritual Formation… How Do You Respond When You Get Smacked? 15 May 201415 May 2014 A single rebuke does more for a person of understanding than a hundred lashes on the back of a fool (Proverbs 17:10, NLT). This proverb doesn't pull any punches does…
Love… Faking Right 14 May 201414 May 2014 All a person's ways seem pure to them, but motives are weighed by the LORD (Proverbs 16:2, NIV). How much trouble have I gotten myself in because I convinced myself…
Parenthood… The Patience Dojo 13 May 201413 May 2014 Whoever is patient has great understanding, but one who is quick-tempered displays folly (Proverbs 14:29, NIV). As a father, I have been learning that this is a very important truth…
Books… Who Are You Walking With? 12 May 201412 May 2014 Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm (Proverbs 13:20, NIV). Charlie "Tremendous" Jones put his own humorous twist on this verse when he…
Love… Wisdom in Words 9 May 20149 May 2014 The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing (Proverbs 12:18, NIV). It is often said that wisdom is knowledge applied. But applied…