Growing up, my mom always used to say to me, “You know when you truly understand something when you can teach it to somebody else.” Wise words that have held true in my own experience. As someone who teaches the Bible week to week, what I am going to share comes from holding myself to…
We’ve been studying Romans 8 in our Sunday Sound Doctrine Fellowship Group and for the last few weeks, we have been looking at verses 18 through 26. These verses provide both perspective and promise when we, as Christians, consider the harsh reality of daily living in a fallen world. Fallen means cursed, and the curse…
When I was a little boy growing up with my older brother, John, we played a lot of neighborhood sports. When John was twelve and I was nine, one of the sports we enjoyed the most was football. This was because, though I was small for my age, my brother was tall for his age,…
Before I entered full-time ministry, I was a musician…or at least I wanted to be. It’s hard to call yourself a “professional musician” when all you have is a college degree and the hope that one day you’ll make it big. But, it sounds better so that’s what I’m going with. I was a musician….
Today, I’m taking a much-needed rest from my normal blog rhythm. I know…I’m blogging about how I’m not blogging today. It’s the 21st century. It doesn’t have to make sense. Thank you post-modernism! In reality, I’m in Southern California at the moment for some ministry meetings and training, so I’m taking the opportunity to rest…
Years ago, 1997 to be exact, the boys’ basketball team that I coached, along with the girl’s team, had been invited to play in the NACA High School National Championship Tournament in Dayton Tennessee. We departed Atlanta, Georgia with a school bus full of kids, excitement, and anticipation. What could go wrong? We stopped to…
“The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will. Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart.” (Proverbs 21:1-2) If you read my blog last Monday, I set out to provide some words of comfort,…
One of my favorite songs to sing in church when I was growing up was “I can only Imagine” by Bart Millard. One line in particular stands out to me when I read Philippians 2:9-11. Surrounded by Your glory What will my heart feel? … Will I stand in Your presence Or to my knees…
