Progress To A Transformed Christian Life
Reposted from 2018 Twelve years ago, I quit one of the great joys of my life. I had enough. I was disgusted and embarrassed and I felt hoodwinked, used, and deceived. So I quit. Baseball, this great game that had captured my imagination and heart since I was in junior high, had become bloated, monstrous,... Continue Reading →
Reposted from 2017 If you have had a bad church experience, then join the club. But understand what you will be missing if you drop out of church. You will be missing a chance to hear the Gospel proclaimed on a regular basis. This age of personalization and personal preference can lead us to never... Continue Reading →
Reposted from 2016 There are names for people who refuse to grow up in the normal sense - immature, stunted, sophomoric, deadbeat. For the Christian who isn't growing in "grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ," what do we call them? How about starving. The feast that is the Christian life is... Continue Reading →
Reposted from 2016 Superficially, many of our hang ups on the road to Growing Up don't involve anything to do with your deep personal spiritual make up. Often, you are hesitant to Grow Up because of the poor examples of "mature" Christians you see around you or observe a church culture that you want no... Continue Reading →
When you woke up this morning, who had the first word? What about last night, where did the last word come from? Have you fallen asleep while checking Twitter and mistakenly liked or retweeted something because your groggy fingers weren’t alert? Does Instagram get your touch of affection over someone right next to you? Do... Continue Reading →
Last week, we began to pray for our country using the Lord’s Prayer as our framework and prayer prompts. This week, we begin with the line, “Forgive us our Sins.” Forgive us our sins...As I wrote last month, “The last I checked my own heart, I discovered hatred, rage, revenge, incredible selfishness, superficiality, immorality and... Continue Reading →
I am not very imaginative and especially not when it comes to my prayers. I use the Lord’s Prayer to give my daily prayers an outline and a framework to know what to pray for and where my heart should be in the matter. Today, I would like to use the Lord’s Prayer as a... Continue Reading →
One of my most embarrassing weaknesses is my complete lack of mechanical ability. Changing light bulbs sometimes prove a challenge and anything beyond replacing a tire air cap on a car is a monumental feat. I consider some of my greatest accomplishments being replacing car batteries and a toilet seat. The day I changed a... Continue Reading →
Read the psalm below or here and then join me in reflecting on the message. “Out of the depths”…The Lord loves to answer our emergency prayers. It doesn’t matter if we are to blame for being in the depths we can still cry out to God and he will listen. “Hear my voice”...God knows my... Continue Reading →
There is a theory that our civilization is at its most historically precarious existence at this very moment. This Hinge of History theory considers human’s current capacity to destroy ourselves, the all encompassing future of AI, the still present ability to reverse some of our wrongs such as climate change, and the mounting global crisis... Continue Reading →
