Jonathan Edwards… Time 28 Mar 201428 Mar 2014 Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) is one of the most influential men in my life. He was a very well-known and influential pastor in Northampton and then Stockbridge Massachusetts who ended his…
Holiness… Love’s Love: What This All Means 26 Mar 2014 Why we love a person has a profound effect on how our relationship will progress over time. If the reason the reason you love your spouse is based on their…
Sin… Rest, Sloth, and Cigars 20 Mar 201420 Mar 2014 I have a lot of irons in the fire. Just being a husband, a father to my three girls, and a homeowner could keep me busy around the clock; and…
Spiritual Formation… Receiving’s Bad Rap 14 Mar 201414 Mar 2014 One of the things I have been learning is that for many people it is difficult to ask for help when we need it or to accept it when it…
Going Deeper… What did I do wrong to deserve this? 10 Mar 20147 Aug 2014 Yesterday I started a series of posts prompted by everyone's favorite pastoral question: "Why is this happening to me?" It is a very honest question when we are suffering, and…
Jonathan Edwards… Jesus Frees Us to Love Others 8 Mar 2014 When we experience the love of Jesus we become freed from shallow and selfish counterfeits of love, to authentically love others with the love with which He loves us. What…
Jonathan Edwards… Jesus Frees Us to Love Ourselves 7 Mar 2014 Self-love is basic to being human. It is one of the ways in which we are created in the image of God. God loves Himself and so seeks His own…
Spiritual Formation… I Hate Waiting 2 Mar 20143 Mar 2014 One of my favorite movies is The Princess Bride. So many great quotes from that movie. Who has not heard that line of Indigo Montoya, "I will walk up to…
Church… Love and Respect, Part 1 26 Feb 201426 Feb 2014 My mentor and friend, Charlie "Tremendous" Jones, who almost four years ago was called home to be with his Lord, credited his 57 year marriage to his wife Gloria to…
Spiritual Formation How Do You Get To Know God? 24 Feb 201424 Feb 2014 What does it mean to know someone, I mean really know someone? Certainly it means we know of them. It also means we know more than that, it means we…
Learning To Be Full Of Grace And Truth. 