Posted in Devotional Thoughts on April 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
If you have been going to church for a long time, one of the things you find out pretty quickly is that people have lots of opinions.
I guess I knew that growing up but I don’t think I understood you know quite the extent of it until I became a pastor.
*I remember talking [...]
Posted in Devotional Thoughts on April 1, 2008 | No Comments »
Is anybody else tired of religion?
I don’t mean religion in the good sense of the word obviously, but religion in the use it to make ourselves look good and feel better than other people kind of way. I mean religion instead of the gospel kind of way, the religious do your duty to earn [...]
Posted in Devotional Thoughts on March 24, 2008 | No Comments »
My wife got this from my aunt as an encouragement while I have to travel back to the United States this week. It was so good, I just had to post it.
“Amy Carmichael was born on December 16, 1867 in Ireland to Christian parents and grew up in the Presbyterian Church. She [...]
Posted in Devotional Thoughts on March 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One thing I don’t like about life.
I don’t like that the same set of events can be interpreted so completely differently. One person can do something, two people can explain why they did it two completely different ways. Look, I can look back on different things I have done and depending on the [...]
Posted in Devotional Thoughts on March 18, 2008 | No Comments »
I like the fact the Bible is deep.
It is not this book that is just filled up with tired old worn out clichés and simply comes to us with this one, two, three step plan to living your best life now. It is profound. There is enough truth in the Bible to cause anybody’s [...]
Posted in Devotional Thoughts on March 12, 2008 | No Comments »
You may have heard the old story about the Greek philosopher Socrates.
One day as Socrates was teaching by the sea a young man approached him and asked, ‘Socrates, would you be my teacher?’ Socrates responded, ‘Follow me, ‘ and then turned and walked across the beach straight into the ocean. [...]
Posted in Devotional Thoughts on March 4, 2008 | No Comments »
True Repentance Involves an Understanding of the Seriousness of Sin
It’s obvious that David doesn’t think of what he has done as any small thing.
He doesn’t think of it as a small thing, because for one, he understands the consequences of it – it has made him filthy. It has stained his soul [...]
Posted in Devotional Thoughts on March 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Posted in Devotional Thoughts on February 28, 2008 | No Comments »
True Repentance is Characterized by Humility
By humility I mean truly recognizing your complete and utter helplessness before God.
David doesn’t come to God saying God this is what I’m going to do, or this is how I’m going to make everything better. He doesn’t say to God, here’s my little plan, or let’s work [...]
Posted in Devotional Thoughts on February 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have been thinking lately about how amazingly easy it is to mess up your life.
I was actually reading through a memoir of the son of a godly missionary, and the truth is the memoir was so sad. Distortions, slander, gossip, etc. I had to put it down, hopefully not to pick [...]
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