Faith… Remember to Look Up 11 Feb 201411 Feb 2014 Turn to me and be gracious to me,for I am lonely and afflicted.Relieve the troubles of my heartand free me from my anguish.Look on my affliction and my distressand take…
Family… Cleaner Is Not Always Better 10 Feb 201410 Feb 2014 Early this morning Mandi said "It is heartbreaking to look into Anna's room and see it so empty. It is clean which is not normal." Truer words have not been…
Family… The Double-Edged Sword 9 Feb 20149 Feb 2014 St. Augustine, Martin Luther, Jonathan Edwards, Charles Spurgeon. What do they have in common? They are all titans in Christian history? Yes. They all agreed on the sovereignty of God…
Family… Rest 8 Feb 20148 Feb 2014 First off, Mandi and I would like to thank everyone for their prayers, notes, emails, messages, and calls. It has meant a lot to us and we have been held…
Discipleship… Love is Kinship 22 Jan 201422 Jan 2014 This week I am posting on this theme: "Fill in the blank: Love is________." Love is kinship. Love is kinship in that those we love become family to us. Many…
Christian Living… Grace in a Dark Place, Part 4 13 Nov 201313 Nov 2013 Sometimes, for reasons we don't understand, or for seasons that we think go on way too long, God puts His children in dark places. What I have been learning is…
Church… Love and Leadership 25 Oct 2013 It is not possible to lead the way God wants unless we are loving the people we are leading. The leadership given by Paul and the rest of the Apostles…
Family… Marriage Counseling 3 Oct 20123 Oct 2012 I just got off the phone with a dear friend who is pastor in Kenya who asked for prayer having found himself counseling a disturbingly large number of people struggling…
Discipleship… Growing Up and Moving Out 5 Aug 20125 Aug 2012 The Great Commandment tells us what the godly life looks like; a life of love for God and a love for our neighbor. Everything Scripture teaches leads back to these…
Discipleship… Five Things Parents Can Do To Make Home A Place Of Spiritual Nurturing. 21 Jul 201221 Jul 2012 I have been spending a lot of time in Ephesians lately—especially on chapters 5-6 where Paul is talking about the relationship between family and the Church. The Bible teaches that…
Learning To Be Full Of Grace And Truth. 