We do not have to look very long at Matthew 18 in order to see the logic flow that takes place. It starts with the…
Yesterday was Pentecost Sunday. It was also the day in which our sermon series on Matthew 18 brought us to the issue of having our sin confronted (Matthew…
The Gospel of Matthew is broken up into five discourses. The fourth discourse, which is found in eighteenth chapter, is often called the Discourse on…
Satisfaction versus hunger, it is one of Scripture’s many paradoxes. On the one hand, there is a certain satisfaction or contentment that we are expected…
Therapy is way more than a toolbox of intervention. Information alone cannot replace professional help. However, information can be very powerful. So, for what it’s…
I launched out like a sailor of the wind, a pneumanaut, not knowing where the thermals might set me down. No one was worried about…
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…
It is a dreaded topic. It is probably not preached enough. And when it is preached I rarely leave feeling very good about the overall…
Emily recently wrote about Mary the mother of Jesus as a type of Christ carrier for all of us to model ourselves after. There are…
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…
Easter is a celebration, and rightly so. At the core of the Kerygma proclaimed by Jesus and His disciples is the death, burial and resurrection…
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…
When I went to seminary my plans were to pursue an academic career in biblical studies. When I left seminary my plans were to pursue…
Everyone wants to leave a legacy. Everyone wants to be remembered for something, and to leave something in the hands of those who come after…
I want to say this up front. I am challenged by what follows. In fact, I don’t really like today’s post. As I contemplate it…