The following is an email I sent to a pastor friend who is preaching on the beatitudes this Sunday. As I was thinking through the blessing towards the poor in spirit, there was a worshipful convergence of a lot of thoughts, Scriptures, books and songs …
Read MoreSo I asked my son, “Who is Jesus?”
Our youngest son Taylor is mildly autistic. He is in kindergarten and spends about half of us day in special ed. He is on target with this intellectually development, but is still delayed in his communication and socialization. Because his communication is delayed, we sometimes …
Read MoreDylan Devotional: The sun keeps shinin’
It was a beautiful drive into the office this morning. I was rockin’ to Dylan and holding a cup of coffee in a styrofoam cup. I was listening to “Thunder on the Mountain” from Dylan’s Modern Times and it seemed that he was singing what …
Read MoreNew Seeds and the false self
Happy New Year! This post is my first of 2007. I haven’t had a chance to post since right after Christmas. At the tail end of 2006 and first week of 2007, I have been: …working sudoku puzzles (quite addictive) …hosting family at our house …
Read Moreself HEALTH
I don’t think I have ever posted an entire sermon on my blog, but as I was putting this together I thought it would be good to share. I am starting a series called “self HEALTH,” which will focus on emotional health and spirtual transformation. …
Read MoreWesley on Transformation
From Sermon 44: Original Sin“Ye know that the great end of religion is, to renew our hearts in the image of God, to repair that total loss of righteousness and true holiness which we sustained by the sin of our first parent.” John Wesley I …
Read MoreWhy I am a Trinitarian Christian
The Trinity is one of the unifying doctrines between the various branches of the Christian faith. We may disagree on minor points of theology, but for the most part the Christian God has been proclaimed by Christian people as one God revealed in three persons—the …
Read MoreThe Allegory of the Cave
I was reading through Colossians chapter 1 and I was struck by something in verses 12 & 13: giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. For he has rescued us …
Read MoreFar More Terrifying than Ghosts and Goblins
Today is Halloween, a day when we loved to be scared, but there is something far more terrifying than ghosts and goblins. It was the condition of the Roman Catholic Church on and before October 31, 1517. This was the day, 489 years ago, that …
Read MoreTozer’s Terror
A.W. Tozer continues to be a voice within the Christian community. Well after his death in 1963, his passion and message continue to influence us. If you google Tozer you can find MP3 copies of sermons that he preached. I read The Pursuit of God …
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