Leadership… When God Blesses, Part 3 5 Jan 20157 Jan 2015 What keeps us from making change? I think when it comes down two it there are two big reasons that change is so hard. The first is fear of change.…
Leadership… When God Blesses, Part 2 5 Jan 20156 Jan 2015 God's blessings require you to change. God's blessings always end up changing us. Change comes in one of two ways: Changes that God's blessings make in us. He changed Abram's…
Leadership… When God Blesses, Part 1 5 Jan 20155 Jan 2015 I have a dear friend down in Orlando, FL Dr. Bob Willson. He is an optometrist. One time I remember us having a conversation about the requirement the medical profession…
Grace The Next Time You See Someone Get What Was Coming… 4 Jan 20154 Jan 2015 Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. Jesus answered, "Do you think that these Galileans…
Grace… Why Resolutions Don’t Work 3 Jan 20153 Jan 2015 This time of year you always see a flurry of posts, articles, and columns on resolutions. I think I have seen at least half a dozen things on Jonathan Edwards'…
Books… The Cross a Source of Our Pleasure 2 Jan 20152 Jan 2015 It's Fénelon Friday! LETTER 19: The Cross a Source of Our Pleasure I sympathize with you in all your heartaches. But I know you understand that we must carry…
Going Deeper… The Change-Up 31 Dec 201431 Dec 2014 One thing I have been learning this year is how much God likes to change things up. Have you noticed that? He loves to reverse things, turn things upside down,…
Books… Youth and the Pleasures of Piety 29 Dec 201430 Dec 2014 Tuesdays with Edwards! In May of 1734 Edwards took on the oft given objection of young people, that "religion…[is]…a very dull, melancholy thing, and think, if they embrace it,…
Grace… Wrapping Up Christmas, Part 3 28 Dec 201429 Dec 2014 So, as we wrap up the Christmas Season for another year, as we all head back out to all the wonderful things out there that are waiting to steal our…
Love… Lessons from 24 28 Dec 201429 Dec 2014 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her (Ephesians 5:25, NIV). No, I'm not talking about Jack Bauer. I'm talking about my…