The Dark Side of a Three Day Weekend
Well we are just off the heels of a relaxing long weekend. I hope you enjoyed your extra day off. But those extra days off seem to come at a price. Do you ever feel like you now have to get 5 days of...
View ArticleCan You See Change?
Today, as I was studying part of 1 Peter, a certain portion struck me. 1 Peter 1:14 says, “As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance…” Conversion brings change....
View ArticleThe Influence of Love
There are some texts of Scripture that warrant deep thought and meditation no matter how familiar you are with them. Matthew 22 contains Jesus’ discourse with a Pharisee concerning the greatest...
View ArticleThanksgiving Thoughts
Thanksgiving day is nearly upon us and Whitney and I are glad to be spending the holiday with our family back in Alabama. Thanksgiving takes on a more special meaning now that we live in Texas, over...
View ArticleEnoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.
The story of Enoch in Genesis 5:21-24 enthralls me. Enoch, a seventh generation descendant of Adam, walks with God and avoids death. The ESV reads: 21 When Enoch had lived 65 years, he fathered...
View ArticleWhich Path Are You On?
Matthew 7:13-14 ESV 13 “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. 14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard...
View ArticleThe Incessant Battle of Self-Control
I recently finished The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins, which tells the story of a group of teenagers who are forced by an oppressive government to engage in fierce battles to the death within...
View ArticleThe Most Important Book I Read This Past Year
If I could entreat you to read one book besides Scripture this year, it would be John Piper’s Bloodlines. Bloodlines describes Piper’s coming of age in the 1960′s American South, highlighting his...
View ArticleAndrew Fuller on Procrastination
Haggai 1:2, “Thus says the Lord of hosts: These people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the Lord.” Andrew Fuller addressing procrastination in a sermon on this texts says, There is...
View ArticlePrayers of a Mother
Augustine was the greatest theologian of the early church. In fact, if you are a Christian reading this, you are probably Augustinian without knowing it! Augustine’s most famous work is his...
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