I was rereading the beginning part of C.S. Lewis’s “The Weight of Glory,” and I must say I found myself being thrilled to by bones! So much so that got goosebumps and sort of a “high!” Let me quote one part to you… “I read in a periodical the other day that the fundamental thing […]
Is it just me or do you also find yourself saying, “Well, at least I have….”? It could be, “At least, I have my family,” or “At least, I have my health,” or “At least, I have roof over my head…” Usually, we say this to console ourselves when things are going bad or to […]
What traditions of yours have changed since you came to know the Lord? They may have been family tradition, friendship tradition, national tradition, church tradition or personal tradition. A several thousand year old Jewish tradition has broken after Jesus’ resurrection. Previously, the Jews thought that salvation was only for the Jews. But through Peter’s testimony […]
Wouldn’t it have been nice if everything about us changed automatically at the moment of our conversion? That all our hang ups disappeared? All our anxieties gone? All our habits changed? But there is nothing automatic about the transformation. It takes work. It is trial and error over and over and over… Sometimes the sanctification […]
God insists on using human beings. Things He could do by Himself, He insists on involving human beings to accomplish His purpose. For example, in Acts 10, God sends an angel to a Roman captain named Cornelius to tell him to go find Peter. Once he finds Peter, he gathers all his friends and relatives […]
How do you approach a problem in your life? Do you try to solve it entirely through spiritual means or practical means? By spiritual, I mean prayer and the word, and by practical, strategies and reorganizations and such. I find it fascinating how the early church dealt with a practical problem. In Acts 6, it […]
Is it possible that two people who are in similar circumstances be vastly different in how happy they are? Imagine two Americans, both married with children, stable jobs, living in middle class houses, and good health. However, one had lost all his investments in the stock market and went from being a millionaire to a […]
Good afternoon everyone, Genesis 2:3-So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation. Especially in our day, it is hard to consider what rest or a Sabbath really looks like. Our culture no matter where we live seems to […]
One of the ways we know we are making the gospel saturate our hearts and minds is in experiencing freedom. Are you free? Are you truly free? Let’s test… – Are you free from what others think of you? – Are you free from anxiety about the future? – Are you free from materialism and […]
As One Family, This weekend I was able to attend a funeral for my friend’s father who passed very unexpectedly. I was told that the past few years, especially, were not his most successful. He was a dentist of over 30 yrs, spent the last 27 yrs of his life building and working out of […]