Faith, the Whole Faith and Nothing But the Faith

If you want a clear picture of what true, complete and ultimate faith looks like, think Jesus. Everyday of His life, His mind, His heart and Spirit was living for His Father. His heart, mind and Spirit were in His Father. He was the temple of faith for His Father. His…

Advent, The Trail Between Hearts

We are beginning a season known as Advent. It's a spiritual 'looking forward' season. Three images help us to understand the meaning of Advent: cross country skiing, the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Panama Canal.

In cross country skiing, when you are in a group moving through the woods, you…

Election Leftovers, A Continuing Look

We are experiencing a huge spiritual conflict taking place across the country. There is no question that it is being fueled by backroom dissidents whose only goal is to finance, and keep the country in, conflict and chaos. It's too well organized to escape notice. There are professional sign makers at work having been paid by hidden sources…

Election Leftovers Follow-Up, Bad News and Good News

Actually it's all about attitude. Attitude is the heart in action. Attitude shapes the world. Attitude is invisible. Attitude is the conclusion the mind makes about what the heart experiences. Attitude motivates action. Attitude is the drawn arrow of emotional reaction. Attitude is the unstable…

Now is the Hour

When a 700 year old prophecy is fulfilled, you've got to look at it, consider what it means and personally deal with it. That's exactly what the call is when we come to Isaiah 11:1-5. We cannot escape what the real focus is in this passage from the prophet that predicts the coming of Jesus. It has everything to do with how the Father restores and defines our…

The Second Time Around

What happened before Jesus preached His Sermon of the Mount gives us a way to apply a context to our own lives. Remember, Jesus was born into a human body to show what a real human being, that is, a perfect human being, was like inside and out.…

The Election Leftovers

There is one thing that has left me unsettled since the end of the election process: the way the media is scrambling to explain the election results. Their focus has been classifying voters by race, ethnicity, education and gender. There's the African American voter, Latino voter, female black voter, white male voter, urban housewife voter, inner city…

Perceived Needs or Real Needs, When Your Ears Itch

“For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears aways from the truth and turn aside to myths…

What Block Blocks the Way on the Block?

When we were kids we played with sets of blocks and created all kinds of forts and buildings. We stacked them one on one. When we built a tower we knew the higher it got the more it would teeter. It was really fun to watch it tumble and rebuild another one. Of course we had to be told to pick them up and put…