Editing your life to make more room for God
Remorse over our sin is the Spirit of God inviting us to repentance. How we respond to that conviction is important. In Psalm 51, we read David’s remorse over his sin with Bathsheba. He feels the pain of how sin separates us from God, yet he expresses remorse and seeks forgiveness. He wants to again […]
Read More The Torment of SinThey stand there, towering over you; ridiculing you; taunting you; demeaning you. They mock you; belittle your faith in Jesus; and talk of their superiority. They defy you and your faith in God. The voices rise up against you. He said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come at me with sticks?” And […]
Read More Standing Against Those Who Taunt YouIt wasn’t necessarily Noah’s carpentry ability or his animal husbandry skills that qualified him for God’s command to build an ark. What qualified Noah for God’s calling to build an ark? Genesis 6:9 tells us, “Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God.” Based on […]
Read More Ship of Faith“…And the stone sank into his forehead, so that he fell on his face to the ground. – 1 Samuel 17:49 (NASB) They were totally invested in the strength of Goliath. They relied on him to not only protect them, but to bring them success. They rallied behind him because he appeared powerful and unstoppable. […]
Read More Losing FaithThe Bible is full of examples of people responding to God’s call. When I started to look at specific examples, I became intrigued by the moment between the call and the response of the person. What happened in that moment that caused these people to respond the way they did to God’s call, and what […]
Read More Introducing a New Series “Answering the Call”Starting in January, a new publication schedule begins with posts only on Tuesdays and Thursdays. A new series “Answering the Call” starts tomorrow, and runs every Tuesday for at least the next three months. This series will explore how people in the Bible responded to the moment God called them. Each Thursday in January, there […]
Read More New Year, New Publication SchedulePraise the LORD!Praise God in His sanctuary;Praise Him in His mighty expanse.Praise Him for His mighty deeds;Praise Him according to His excellent greatness.Praise Him with trumpet sound;Praise Him with harp and lyre.Praise Him with timbrel and dancing;Praise Him with stringed instruments and pipe.Praise Him with loud cymbals;Praise Him with resounding cymbals.Let everything that has breath […]
Read More Sunday PraiseJohn’s life was not cluttered with things that confused his message. He did not try to impress people, rather he tried to impress upon them the need to repent of their sins and prepare for the coming of Jesus.
Read More A Character for ChristIt was a sentence in a review of my book that started me wondering about how some people view Christian authors and what they can write about.
Read More Can Christians Write Crime Thrillers?I wanted to take a moment to talk about a few items in the menu of this blog that you might not be aware of. Click on the menu icon on the top right of the blog and you will find some things that might interest you: If you scroll down the menu page past […]
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