Sin… Just Because You Want Something to be True Doesn’t Mean that it Is…. Some Thoughts on How we Deal with Sin 31 Jul 201531 Jul 2015 There is no Christian (or person for that matter) I know that does not struggle with one or more (and if we are honest, it is "or more") brands of…
Discipleship Discipleship is: Intentional (Part 4) 26 Jul 201530 Jul 2015 Reflect on what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all this (2 Timothy 2:7, NIV). If we want to grow strong in grace we need…
Discipleship Discipleship is: Intentional (Part 3) 26 Jul 201529 Jul 2015 You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus... Join with me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No one serving as…
Discipleship Discipleship is: Intentional (Part 2) 26 Jul 201527 Jul 2015 You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to…
Discipleship Discipleship is: Intentional (Part 1) 26 Jul 201526 Jul 2015 I have a friend, Sarah (***hi Sarah!***), who is studying to be a trauma surgeon. Her life right now is not her own. She has a family to take care…
Going Deeper… If Only… 22 Jul 201522 Jul 2015 Sometimes 20/20 hindsight helps us understand things better. Other times it just leaves us wondering… If only I had been there, If only I had done that differently, If only…
Discipleship Discipleship is a Way of Life (concluded) 21 Jul 201521 Jul 2015 If you have been getting the idea that discipleship is much bigger than you thought from my last two posts…that is really my point. The Church today seems to see…
Discipleship Discipleship is: a Way of Life (continued) 19 Jul 201520 Jul 2015 One of the things I have been learning is that the western minds we bring with us as we read Scripture sometimes leaves us confused and misled because we forget…
Discipleship Discipleship is: a Way of Life 19 Jul 201519 Jul 2015 Over the last few weeks the focus of my posts have been on looking at what a Christian disciple is. Specifically, we have been looking at three core essentials of…
Books… The Death of Self 17 Jul 201517 Jul 2015 It's Fénelon Friday! LETTER 4: The Death of Self I cannot express to you how deeply I sympathize with you in your time of suffering. I suffer right along with…