Tag: God

Beautiful Feet

If you watch the news or TV, or spend any amount of time on Facebook or reading blogs, or for that matter just leave your house in the morning, you are bound to encounter any number of controversial issues. There are people spouting their opinions...

The Politically Incorrect Narrow Gate

There is a movement in the church to forge a new, “progressive Christianity.” One of the primary tenets of this movement is that all religions and faiths are true for their adherents. In other words, progressive Christians reject the core Christian doctrine that Jesus is...

Worship Turned Upside Down

Last Sunday my Pastor Gary Englert talked about the heart of worship. I have been pondering his message and wanted to share my thoughts on what he said. Pastor Gary said that in our culture we have been taught to be consumers. Watch just 15...

The Hardest Thing

What is the hardest thing about being a Christian? Is it trying to follow the Ten Commandments? Is it going to church every week? How about tithing part of your hard-earned money to the church? Is it letting go of pride and admitting that you can’t...

Praying for the Lost

There are many people in our world who don’t know the peace of having a relationship with Jesus Christ. Every Christian knows someone, whether family, friend, co-worker, or acquaintance, who hasn’t accepted the free gift of salvation and grace offered by God through faith in...

Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics

When I was in college I took Elementary Statistics to fulfill part of my math requirements. Calculus was beyond me because I am much more comfortable with words than numbers, and I heard Elementary Statistics was a pretty easy class. Turns out what I heard...

Psalm 32 Blessing of Forgiveness

Today I don’t really have anything to write, and so decided to share another Psalm. I love the Psalms and I believe they are one of the best sources of prayer we have available to us. This is one of my favorite Psalms because it...

In Christ We Overcome

Although it is not on my Bible-in-a-year reading schedule until December, the book of Revelation has come to my attention in two ways recently. First, a blog that I came across through the WordPress Blog Surfer included a link to this chart about the 7...