This is a guide for encountering Christ for yourself. You probably will need to set aside some time to be alone and uninterrupted. Use it any way you need. Don’t feel you have to be locked in to what I’ve written; follow the Spirit’s lead for you. I pray God will meet you and give […]
Radicalized Christians 2
No condemnation A man pulled up and stopped his car in the street next to my home in a small town in Texas. I had just parked my own car and gotten out. I didn’t know the man. He knew I was a pastor, maybe because I was living in the parsonage of a […]
Radicalized Christians
You’ve heard the term “radicalized Muslim” being used to describe people who have joined terrorist groups such as ISIS. It refers to a person who was living a basically peaceful and harmless existence then was convinced somehow to adopt a terrorist mindset and join a jihadist group or commit acts of terror on their own. […]
Jesus and the terrorist
Saul was a terrorist. His mission in life was to terminate everyone who believed in Jesus. It was an obsession. He breathed hatred for Christians. He despised them so much he wanted to rid the earth of them. He went from town to town on search and destroy missions. He would crash their meetings, torture […]
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You will find a baby
This is a suggestion for focusing on “finding” Christ in Christmas. You can call it a worship experience or a devotional or a quiet time or whatever fits. It’s not meant for just reading and being done with it. It is a personal activity. So if you choose to use it, I suggest you get […]
We’re all bastards, but…
I was born into and grew up in a really nice family. Two parents and six siblings. It was, for the most part, a peaceful and good family. By good I am referring to values and behaviors. We went to church all the time; once I gave up playing in a Little League baseball game […]
The Word
Abraham Lincoln used 286 words for his Gettysburg Address. Our nation’s founders used 1,300 words for the Declaration of Independence. The U.S. government used 26,911 words to regulate the sale of cabbage. When God sent the ultimate message for humanity to know him and receive life from him, he used one word. “In the […]
Thanksgiving proclamation
Here is an explanation of Abraham Lincoln’s proclamation for the nation “to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens.” As the President mentions, the country was embroiled in the Civil War, yet he recognized the blessings […]
Jesus’ alternative lifestyle
Jesus was different. He wasn’t an establishment-person. He did not maintain the status quo. He did not approve just any and everything that makes people feel good about themselves. He came into a world of acceptable behavior, comfortable traditions and established cultural values – just like our age. He started taking the system apart. Ripped […]