Sunday’s Leftovers 1.20.19
"The more we look at Christ in His Word the more we will look like Him in this world." That's what I meant to say, and it would have been a great little ditty to write down in the margins next to 2 Corinthians 3:18. It is entirely likely I got this saying from someone...
Sunday’s Leftovers 1.6.19
In my beard-induced haze on Sunday morning, I forgot where I was going somewhere around my fifth sub-sub-point. I offer these leftovers which could have been served up from the pulpit. It is true that Christ, in an Uncle Sam kind of way, points at each one of us and...
Doctrines of Demons
“No-one would be pressurised into expecting or seeking any “healing” or change that God has not promised any of us until the renewal of all things.” Doctrine of Demons.
The Manger Revisited
Preaching has its perils. By preaching, I mean expository preaching. When my job is to preach the message of the text, rather than preach my message with some texts, all sorts of casualties occur. My understanding of how things happened in the Bible, my notions of how...
Good Posture
Scripture prescribes this posture in corporate worship. Like those who stand when a king or queen enters the room, like those who stand for the pledge of allegiance and sing our national anthem, we stand to honor God when His word is read to us. We give Him reverence, and demonstrate our allegiance to Him. This is good posture.
Humble Plumbing
God made us for His own glory. Genesis 1:26-28 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing...
Are you “Woke”?
Some folks surf the fluid wave of trending pop culture and slang. I am not one of them. The Oxford English Dictionary is more happening than me. At least Oxford knows the term "woke." It added the term back in 2017. Although this slang term originates from the 1960's...
Amazing Grace
On September 2nd, 2017, during a burn ban, a 15 year old Oregon teenager went hiking through a tinder-dry forest, lighting and tossing fireworks as he went. He lit a fire that burned 48,000 acres over the course of 3 months. Justice must be served. He must make...
Show your Receipt
How do you show your receipt? On the rare occasions I actually go purchasing (not shopping) at a big box store, on my way out I let whichever little helper I have with me flash the old fashioned paper receipt to the smiling door checker. Maybe you're one of the cool...
Don’t Shoo the Messenger
We read in Acts 12 a story of persecution, prayer and God’s miraculous deliverance. Herod killed James with the sword and imprisoned Peter. Peter was slated for execution. Peter was in a jail. Peter was surrounded by four squads of soldiers. Peter was chained to two...
