Exodus 16:3-and the people of Israel said to them, “Would that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots and ate bread to the full, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.“ When […]
The gospel is not: If you believe in Jesus and do good, then God will accept you. The gospel is: If you believe in Jesus, then God will accept you and you will want to do good. “I will not enter my house or get into my bed, I will not give sleep to my eyes […]
I ran across the other day a former youth who was in my ministry years ago. He was not following the Lord any more, but he seemed pretty happy and content. This encounter made me think: Is christian happiness different from that of unbelievers? Is christian hope different from that of unbelievers? What is our source […]
Job 30:20-21-I cry to you for help and you do not answer me; I stand, and you only look at me.21 You have turned cruel to me; with the might of your hand you persecute me. One of the major “markers” of measuring how our faith/love have matured is too look at our “consistency of […]
I tend to favor those who want to be favored. It is human nature to have my heart go out toward those whose hearts are after me. As a youth pastor of many years and now as a school teacher, there are students who want my attention and I usually respond with extra attention. Those […]
Luke 14:13-14–But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, 14 and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.” If you’re parent or work/serve in any place that requires that you continually give, than you know the […]
What if I gave all my math students 100% for the final grade regardless of how they are doing now? And I told them so, therefore they know their final grade is an A no matter what. And what if I told them that to make that happened, I stripped myself of all my college […]
I’m the most miserable when my eyes are focused on me. The more I look in, the more depressed I get! Therefore, it does me much good to get to my school early and take a stroll at a nearby park, taking in God’s beauty in it. If anything, it helps to take my eyes […]
Exodus 8:15–But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said. Though growing up I didn’t have any religious models of true reverence towards God. What I do remember from television, is the desperation shown towards prayer to God […]
Today is our church’s 8 year anniversary. We will be celebrating it this coming Sunday. Those of you who can, hopefully you will make it! These have been most adventuresome 8 years of my life. It felt like riding a rollercoaster at times. There are times when I’m at the top of the rail looking down at […]