Oct 7th, 2008
I don’t care if it’s a buzzword in this election season, but I know that I need it in my life. I need a lot of change in this season of my life. Things need to be re-orientated, priorities adjusted, plans made, and goals altered so that I finally might reach the place God wants [...]
Oct 3rd, 2008
Woohoo!!! I’m excited! I have the privilege of taking part in authoring a new Bible study series with a friend of mine for the Alpha & Omega group. This opportunity is both exhilarating and humbling. Exhilarating because I am thoroughly excited to be reflecting on and writing about the life and ministry of my matchless [...]
Oct 1st, 2008
Alpha & Omega - 10/01/08
Passage: John 1:1-18
Commentary:
Verses 1-2
The “Word” refers to Jesus, the incarnate Christ (v. 14). Saying He was “in the beginning” is to say He is eternal because to be at the beginning is to imply that one was already there preceding the beginning they’ve arrived at. So, we learn from this verse [...]
Sep 17th, 2008
What does it mean to “know God” and be “saved”? That’s a question often asked by many people in our world today, and recently asked by some friends of mine at a local Bible Study. The answer to this common question is contained in what God has said in His Word. To get a complete [...]
Sep 13th, 2008
Sometimes in our lives God allows us to meet a really cool person that we just wanna spend a lot of time with! Maybe it’s a friend, a classmate, a co-worker, a potential spouse, or somebody else. Whoever it is, we are faced with choices of how much of our life to invest in [...]
Sep 3rd, 2008
Being a college student, this is the time of year when I return to classes and begin the whole process of studying & learning. As I was reflecting on this new school year and the seemingly boring responsiblity of homework, I was reminded of something I’d written earlier. First read John 15:5, then read my [...]
Aug 22nd, 2008
How often do we pray without really believing that God will act??
The answer, I think, is far more often than we realize or might admit. Suzanne Hadley, over at Boundless (a ministry of Focus on the Family), has written a very intriguing blog post on this very topic. Her overall thesis could perhaps be summarized [...]
Aug 8th, 2008
For those of you who don’t know, there was a tragedy this last May in the family of Christian singer Steven Curtis Chapman. His beautiful little daughter Maria was accidentally killed in their family driveway by her 17 year-old brother while he was driving. Personally, I cannot fathom the grief and pain they as a [...]
Jul 31st, 2008
11 Give us aid against the enemy,
for the help of man is worthless.
12 With God we will gain the victory,
and he will trample down our enemies.
(Psalm 60:11-12 NIV)
The sum of all of man’s strivings and efforts to help one another is so vastly inferior to the aid of the LORD, that to look to man [...]