Who are YOU listening to?
One of the things we discussed with our teens during E-TEAM is the need to saturate ourselves with God’s Truth so as to be able to discern truth from lies. In this spiritual warfare we are in, our enemy’s most powerful tool is deception. It has been so from the beginning, since the serpent deceived...
Jesus in Isaiah 59
I’ve recently taken a break from my chronological reading plan to camp out in Isaiah a while. My pace of life right now doesn’t allow for me to keep up the pace of my reading plan, and I’ve been taken in by the freshness and beauty of God’s words through the prophet Isaiah. I just...
DUKE DIVINITY SCHOOL DEAN, RICHARD HAYS, SUMMARIZING THE BIBLICAL STORY
My approach to the preaching is expository in nature. Sunday mornings I am preaching through the book of Ruth - Sunday and Wednesday nights the focus is on God the Father. Regardless if the sermon series is book based or theme based one thing is constant, a biblical passage provides the foundation and structure for my...
The Sufficiency of Scripture
This week I have a paper due on the history of the Biblical Counseling movement. In my research, I’ve found a few quotes from those who have a high view of Scripture and those who don’t. Enjoy! Scripture is useless “Our knowledge of the historical worth of certain religious doctrines increases our respect for them,...
Should A Pastor Make Big Changes The First Year At A Church – YES!
If you asked me before accepting the call to my first pastorate, should a pastor make big changes his first year at a church? My reply would have been a resounding, NO. Since then I’ve flipped flopped on that question. My current answer is different. Yes, a pastor should introduce big changes his first year (if...
A Bit of Good Advice
I was recently given a bit of advice which I immediately put into practice. It’s good advice, so I’m passing it on to you. At Cumberland Camp a couple weeks ago, during one of our adult Bible studies covering portraits of Christ, my childhood pastor mentioned something in passing that really stuck with me. His...
The Power of the Word
I’m currently at Cumberland Camp in the hills of Tennessee, enjoying a week-long retreat from the world with my home church. Mick is speaking every night this week, working through passages dealing with the topics of total depravity, justification, sanctification, and glorification (one for each night). As his wife, I get a lot of feedback...
B90X
An average reader can read the entire Bible in 72 hours… that’s about 45 minutes per day for 90 days. On June 16, 2011, about 30 of us began the Bible in 90 days. Some are using a paper plan (see links below) and others are using youversion‘s reading plan – the app is available...
Just Read One Verse.
If you struggle with beginning to read or study the Bible, I recently got some advice that could be helpful to you. One of the most fit trainers at the gym I go to whose name is Butch (yes, that’s really his name), told me, “I started out by committing to do just one push...
“good thing Psalm 119 doesn’t say Thy Word is a cell phone unto my feet…”
This morning on my way to a class, I stopped to grab a book that I left on the stage in the church auditorium. As is my usual habit, I used my cell phone to light my path. The back light turns off after 15 seconds which leaves me with a dim glow, unless I...
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