Sometimes everything you know, love, and remember about a poerson can be summed up in one picture. A moment frozen in time that speaks continually…
No, this is not a post on fitness. I just could not resist the lovely picture. And besides, the image is not totally disconnected from…
I am in Germany this week, but will try at least to post a short devotion each day. The fear of the Lord teaches wisdom,…
As I have mentioned before, my Grandpa was a gregarious and boisterous coal-miner-turned-Pentecostal-preacher from the Appalachian mountains. There was nothing subtle about him. He would…
When we arrive at the Sermon on the Mount we are only a few chapters into the New Testament. Leading up to the sermon we…
There are times when we feel like we have to know. Times when not knowing seems as if it might drive us to the edge of…
Over the course of my lifetime some much needed teaching on intimacy with God has been produced. One of the reasons so much has been…
A Twitter friend of mine who pastors in Germany, Phillip Burton (@ktownpastor), sent out this tweet yesterday that got me thinking: It’s always interesting to me how…
One of my favorite definitions of worship comes from the famous Hasidic Jewish Rabbi, philosopher, and mystic, Abraham Joshua Heschel. He defined it this way:…
The blood of Jesus is one of the most powerful resources available to us. It is also the most fundamental image of the Christian message….
The term hospitality conjures up significantly different images for different people. Unfortunately, the term has been reduced in many minds to the concept of entertaining…