Tag: Jesus

Thanks for the Donut, Steve

Normally I don’t like to post long items that are written by someone else, especially if I don’t have information on who wrote it. But today I read the following story on my cousin’s Facebook page and I liked the way it illustrated what Christ...

Paul’s Thorn

I was reading a blog this morning by a pastor who both suffers from mental illness and ministers to other believers who struggle with the reality of their wounds. He shared a great story from a play by Brennan Manning. In the play there is...

Pressing on Toward the Goal

I have struggled through some difficult times and trying circumstances in my life, but lately I have felt extremely blessed. My family and friends are the best; my job is going well and I really like my boss; my church is growing and feeding on...

Liar, Lunatic, or God?

There are people and even religions in the world that regard Jesus as a great prophet and an example to follow, but they do not believe that He was the Son of God. These people and religions do not consider Jesus to be God as...

Resisting Temptation: The Chainsaw Method

Human beings all face temptations to sin, many of us on a daily basis. It may be a temptation to commit just a “small” sin or it may be the temptation to do something much more egregious. But why is this, where do these temptations come...

A Prayer for Wisdom

Six or seven years ago I decided that I wanted to read through the entire Bible, so I downloaded and printed a Bible-in-a-Year schedule from http://www.heartlight.org. I put it in my Bible and checked off each chapter as I read it. It took me almost two...