No two Christian pathways are alike. I am ever struck by the fact that our Sovereign Creator God and King, left us entirely with our free will. God never makes me be good, do the right thing, or choose Him. He waits for me to choice what I really want. That’s not to say the … Read more
I often think of David, out in his fields with the sheep, on the back side of nowhere…. and how he came to know the Living God, and became established in His love. No cell phone to tend to…. he only cared about communicating with One. No worship music playing on an iPod…. he made … Read more
Moses said, “Man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord.” Deuteronomy 8:3, NASB When Moses spoke these words, he was teaching the people about manna — the commanded bread that fell from heaven every morning to feed God’s people in the wilderness. … Read more
Today marks the conclusion of what Jesus’ Jewish culture called The Great Feast. Also known as the Feast of Tabernacles, or Sukkot, a week-long celebration that coincides with the beginning of the harvest season. God instituted this feast by a law given to Moses, described in Leviticus 23. The law required God’s people to set … Read more
When you spend years teaching, counseling and mentoring folks, you learn a lot about the desires of people’s hearts. For many years Ron and I did just this, first as local pastors and later via traveling around the U.S. and overseas. I loved getting out of my normal life “bubble,” meeting new people, encountering other … Read more
I wasn’t born craving chocolate, actually. I didn’t know it would become a necessity of life until I tasted it for the first time. And I didn’t come out of the box loving the taste of a ripe, creamy avocado, or a sweet pecan; but it was instant love. New places in my appetite stirred … Read more
You’ve got it upside down and backwards! I’ve heard this since I was a teenager. You don’t hear it much today, but it floats up again when I observe how people generally handle the whole God-thing. People often feel as if everything about life with God is up to them, and that being a believer … Read more
Anyone who reads the whole Bible notices attributes of God and his culture that, by their repetition, stand out in the mind and get stuck in the heart. One of the most noticeable attributes is HONOR. God loves honor. He models honor, he teaches his children to honor, and he asks for honor. He promises … Read more
Do you remember those parental scoldings that turned into lectures — where all you could do was get comfortable and endure while Mom or Dad went on and on in an attempt to get something through your “thick skull”? These usually came because our repeated behavior revealed we just really didn’t get it, whatever “it” … Read more
