In Galatians 3, Paul does not "pity the fool" like Mr. T. He calls out their foolishness in the hopes of their recovery. https://open.spotify.com/episode/6dNZw6pLjifXv1cAeqHWzS?si=QSimu7IyTN2Yos4FNOo-ew Use this table of contents to skip to various parts of the post. Recap of previous ChaptersFoolish in the New TestamentLuke 24:22-27 (focus on verse 25)Romans 1:141 Timothy 6:9Titus 3:3Two applications … Continue reading Foolishness
Lunchtime Showdown
Galatians 2 https://open.spotify.com/episode/46NpPEQHT97vFKldtbBZ5v?si=P6ykydoSR-KHaFlwKs7Lsg I need you to do something as you start to read this. I need you to use your imagination and go on a journey with me. Think back to your grade school or high school years. Do you have it? Now think of lunch time, perhaps you were in a cafeteria. Now … Continue reading Lunchtime Showdown
Under Pressure
Father Knows Best. The writer of Proverbs 4 gives instructions to his sons. We can find out what we are truly made of, or rather what we've absorbed when we are put under pressure.
Take Humility
Dad Advice Did you ever receive any advice from your dad? Sure, the occasional advice today is usually seasoned with a good “dad joke” or two. “Don’t take any wooden nickels..” Maybe your dad gave different advice. “Get an education!” “Don’t quit or give up on something.” Perhaps even, “Read and meditate on God’s word … Continue reading Take Humility
One People Bringing People to Jesus
Today we look at Caring for the spiritual part of a person. Their need for salvation, their eternal need for a relationship with Jesus. Today we talk about Bringing people to Jesus. But the way this happens is not what you might expect…
The Heart of the Matter
Idioms run rampant in America. I said idioms. Things like “You’ve got ants in your pants,” meaning you can’t sit still. Or “Getting your ducks in a row” meaning making proper plans. How about the “Elephant in the room?” Perhaps my use of idioms at the start of the message is the elephant in the … Continue reading The Heart of the Matter
Palm Sunday Stump and the Hope of Regrowth
They had waited. They had experienced other anointed ones. Told stories of those great figures of their past and the things they did to free and redeem the children of Israel, but somehow, they still ended back in exile, needing not just a savior, but the savior. Who did people put their hope in, looking for new life, but inevitably just left with a stump…the stump of Jesse?
Tool Time (Isaiah 10)
The bible has many exciting things, fanciful things even. Hands appearing out of nowhere in the book of Daniel and writing words on a wall. Donkeys rebuking their owner for hitting them. People tossed into fire and not burning up. But today’s message is about tools that talk back. That’s right! Have you ever been working with a tool and it malfunctions? Hammer slips and smashes your thumb! What a mean hammer! Or the powered screwdriver strips a screw and now you have to leave the screw there or cut it off? I don’t know about you, but I do have a propensity for not talking so nice to my tools when they act up. Today we will be looking at a tools that God used in the bible. Also what happened when that tool talked back.
A Poor Sermon About Poverty
Today’s message is entitled “A Poor Sermon on Poverty.” It's not poor because it’s bad or anything…(well perhaps you can judge for yourself when you are done reading or listening to it.) But rather I want to talk about the reality of poverty and what the bible does say about this topic. The first thing might surprise you. In a society so outwardly focused on political policies that herald themselves as a fix for poverty, Jesus gives us these comforting words: You will always have the poor among you.
Trusting in God & The Folly of Fear
The Lord's Prayer. This prayer pattern that Jesus gives his disciples and down through the ages, gives to us through the reading of his Word, it is something that King Ahaz was missing. It wasn’t and isn’t just a religious chore, but rather a reflection of a clear relationship between a person and God.
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