It is not outside the range of human emotions to face something difficult or trying, and look to God an ask, “Where are you”? This is perfectly natural, and a apart of our humanity, but it often leads us to abandon what we know of God, and who we know Him to be. Recently, I… [Read more…]
October 27, 2008
Isaiah in itself is one of the most interesting portions of scriptures to me, and for the last month I have been intentionally walking through it slowly, connecting his words to the life of Jesus. This morning I read chapter 53, and it was incredibly accurate in poetically and factually outlining the things suffered by… [Read more…]
October 23, 2008
My little girl, she’s 1, is the busiest child in the world…you may argue differently, but my position is solid. From the time she wakes in the morning, until the very moment she shuts her eyes at night she is moving. This morning something different, something miraculous took place…she laid on my chest and cuddled… [Read more…]
October 20, 2008
There is a quote from the book, “A mile in my shoes” that says this, “When we engage those who have nothing, we should be pilgrim’s, not tourist, we should go to receive, not give, we should be learners, not teachers…” What a humbling thought, but how true it can be if we allow it… [Read more…]
October 19, 2008
Yesterday was the first day I really had an opportunity to take an extended look at the city, and when I say extended I mean a four hour look. It was incredible, and it solidified my burden for Atlanta at an even deeper level. The most randomly amazing thing is I did it with brother’s… [Read more…]
October 13, 2008
This year 5 million children below the age of 5 will die of starvation…417,000 a month…13,700 a day…571 an hour…10 by the time I end this sentence. How should that make us feel, what type of emotion should that draw out of any human being? How does it make you feel? God continually speaks of… [Read more…]
October 11, 2008
It has taken me nearly two days to try and collect my thoughts and yet I still don’t know how cogent they will be. I had my world shattered Thursday evening during Craig Groeschel’s talk, and I even write this from a broken place. It is a painful realization that for the last several month’s… [Read more…]
October 10, 2008
Read 1 Tim. 4:1-4:16 many people in our churches know about Jesus, but they don’t know Him there is a way to live and a way to teach that show people what the gospel is and what the gospel is not deep beautiful doctrine is somehow becoming synonymous with historical fundamentalism if your end goal… [Read more…]
October 10, 2008
being a professional Christian is easy there is something dysfunctional in the relationship between the American church and the culture the culture does not feel they need us the culture is not at all grateful for us we have gone from condemning the culture, to critiquing the culture, then several decades ago we started to… [Read more…]
October 10, 2008
you have life solely for the purpose of glorifying God there is Holy Ghost power in the gospel message, a lot of ministers don’t get it you don’t need to help the gospel people don’t respond to you, they respond to the invitation of the gospel proclaim the gospel just the way God gave it… [Read more…]
October 30, 2008
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