Big Love Big Worship
Big Love Big Worship
A Thankful Heart
Of all the holidays on our calendar, only one has not lent itself to being exploited by the merchants. Perhaps this explains why Thanksgiving is barely a speed bump between Halloween and Christmas, why stores go from orange and black to red and green with no pause in...
End Times Stay Awake
End Times Stay Awake
Excuse Me, But Your Slip is Showing
Outside of my love for my Lord and my family, I have no greater love on earth than Body of Christ. And with each passing year, I come to appreciate evermore, the pure genius of God in establishing His Church as well as the growing realization of just how desperately I...
Mark 12:35-44
Mark 12:35-44
Rhythms
It's that time! Time for that every six-month exercise where we tear an hour off of one end of the day and paste it on the other end. Somehow, the falling back of Daylight Savings Time seems a bit less stressful since we get an extra hour of sleep to make up for the...
Mark 12
Mark 12
God’s Promise to His Family
God's Promise to His Family
The Valleys
The Valleys “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff they comfort me” (Psalm 23:4). One of the facts of the Christian life, is that, in it we experience both joy and sorrow. The...
Lessons of the Cursed Tree
Lessons of the Cursed Tree
A Triumphal Entry?
A Triumphal Entry?
The Believer’s Lifeline
What do you think is the primary method established by God that causes us to grow in intimacy with Him, remove obstacles to His work going forward through us, and changing the spiritual lay of the land out before us? The Apostle Paul said, “Be anxious for nothing, but...
What Will the Gospel Make of Us
What Will the Gospel Make of Us
The Heart of Jesus
The Heart of Jesus
Thriving in Obscurity
In my walks through the meadows of the Sierra Nevada Mountain valleys, I often find myself surrounded by wildflowers. As I walk through them, I feel as if God has created them and placed them in my path for my pleasure. What comes to my mind is that it is quite...
Seeking Greatness
Seeking Greatness
Down the Mountain
Down the Mountain
Do Not Speak Against One Another
James 4:11 says, “Do not speak against one another, brethren. He, who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it. There is only one Lawgiver and...