Learning Thankfulness Great memories make for wise adults. Thanksgiving usually brings warm thoughts of cool weather and wonderful food....

Disappointment is not easy. I think over the last 8 months I have never experienced so much disappointment. I am disappointed that...

Shrinking from personal witness or Sharing our Faith (Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will...

Biblically illiterate or Biblically informed (Deuteronomy 6:6-9 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. 7...

Church is optional or Church is essential (1 Corinthians 12:18 But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them,...

Blending in or Countercultural force (1 Peter 2:11 11 Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from...

Private Faith or Holistic discipleship (Colossians 1:13-14 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the...

Spiritually undisciplined or Spiritually disciplined (1 Corinthians 9:25 Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training....

Passive Recipients or Proactive minister (1 Peter 2:9 9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people...

Deuteronomy 17:19-20 (NIV84) 19 It is to be with him, and he is to read it all the days of his life so that he may learn to revere the...

Psalm 33:6-9 (NIV84) 6 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth. 7 He gathers the...

Psalm 89:6-7 (NIV84) 6 For who in the skies above can compare with the Lord? Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings? 7 In the...

Philippians 2:12 (NIV84) 12 Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my...

The Move of Intimacy Toward the Heart of God Grace and peace to you dearly loved in Christ. Here is the next installment on the learning...

John 1:4-5 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not...

Matthew 27:45-46 45 From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land. 46 About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in...

Psalm 88 1 O Lord, the God who saves me, day and night I cry out before you. 2 May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry. 3...

Genesis 32:25-26 25 When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip so that his hip was wrenched...

Matthew 10:28 28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both...

Psalm 56:3-4 3 When I am afraid, I will trust in you. 4 In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can...