Month: February 2009

• February 22, 2009

  look up

  Then we who are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words.  (I Thess 4:17-18) When I was a kid — growing up, I would see clouds…
• February 16, 2009

  idolatry

  You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me.  John 5:39 There is an idolatry sometimes in our hearts that needs to be addressed. How we need to apply the scriptures to our lives! How we need men and women who can teach the…
• February 16, 2009

  a word to pastors

    The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”  John 3:8 This verse beautifully illustrates the way the Holy Spirit works: He moves where HE wishes. He goes where HE…
• February 11, 2009

  waste not

  I was listening to a sermon today from Mark 6 — the story of Jesus feeding the five thousand. Jesus took the five loaves and two fish, looked up toward heaven, and asked God’s blessing on the food. Breaking the loaves into pieces, he kept giving the bread and fish to the disciples to give…
• February 3, 2009

  tradition

  Jesus said: “You are experts at setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition…” (Mark 7:9) This is something my wife and I have been talking about alot lately. As Christians — from mostly protestant, white, non-denominational backgrounds — we have some traditions. Although they may not be as formal as …