Walking with God, Digesting Scripture and Pointing Others to Grow Deeper in their Faith
Do you have eyes of faith? Do you believe? What hinders and stunts your faith experience? Maybe you want to believe but feel like you cannot? Ask God right now to open your eyes of faith, internal, spiritual eyes that can see into eternity. All we can see here and now will pass away but... Continue Reading →
I can speak and hear directly from God. I need only one mediator: Jesus Christ. As a pastor my job is the same as our parishioners, lay persons and congregants. I am to point all people to God. We are now given the responsibility of the priesthood, every believer, each one of us. People died... Continue Reading →
Light and darkness, good and evil... we live within varying environments of good and evil. It's takes a lot of darkness to overcome Just one light. It can only be overcome by being snuffed out. I'd even argue that darkness snuffing out light is impossible! Darkness might think it's won but I know better! Just... Continue Reading →
Some days are easier than others to think on these good things. Today, while driving home to eat lunch I felt someone staring at me while I was stopped at a light waiting on it to turn green. I glanced left to explore what I was sensing. There stood addict parents of one of my... Continue Reading →
The pinnacle of Ecclesiastes, the culmination of King Solomon's wisdom, the ultimate wisdom given to mankind we have here in this little verse. King Solomon explored all pleasures in search of gaining all he could in this life. His conclusion: it's meaningless. It's meaningless to chase after anything but God Himself. It's sometimes hard to... Continue Reading →
"Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out,”. Acts 3:19 ESV Forgiveness and repentance go hand in hand. There's no use asking forgiveness for something I'm already plotting to do again. I will not become free of it. Repentance is the turning away from sin, committing to live a different way,... Continue Reading →
Ah, the Tetragrammaton! "The what?" You might ask. It's necessary to go back in time to the ancient Hebrew language of the Old Testament to understand this one. Here's a little Hebrew breakdown of this verse for you: What we call the Tetragrammaton consists of four Hebrew letters that are represented in the diagram above... Continue Reading →
This verse reminds me that sins aren't just of commission, things we do against God, but also not doing that what we ought to do. God gives us many commands. The Holy Spirit prompts us to do many things. We should love our neighbors as ourselves for example. I imagine your average Christian doesn't contemplate... Continue Reading →
"And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?"... Continue Reading →
