“The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.” 1 John 2:17 NIV I think one of the greatest things I've learned in ministry so far is about the grace of God. The way of the world is to work hard and achieve perfection. If you don’t, you're failing. The season that my family is in right now...
He looked around and there beside his head was some bread baked on hot stones and a jar of water! So he ate and drank and lay down again. 1 Kings 19:6 Without exception, this remains one of my favorite passages in the Old Testament. Elijah, prophet of God, had just returned from a showdown with King Ahab and the prophets...
Several years ago, I found myself sitting across from a friend of ours that I had not seen in a few years. My friend had recently delivered a baby. Due to the pregnancy, like any normal woman, she was still carrying some baby weight…but because of a gift from God, was carrying it in all the “right” places. You know...
The Bible story of Noah and the flood seems like a simple story, but it’s really packed with biblical symbolism. In it, God told Noah to build an ark, a big boat, because the world had become so sinful that God wanted to start over. He told him that He was going to send a flood to destroy the whole...
One of my favorite parts of the Christmas season is remembering the prophecies that were fulfilled through Jesus’ birth. In the Old Testament, there are 60 prophecies that give us over 300 distinct pictures describing just what it would like when He came. You know what’s cool? According to the mathematical law of scientific probability, the chance Jesus could fulfill...
Back in my day, there was a popular show on television called Heehaw. Do you remember it? There was a song that lamented the realities of gloom, despair and agonies - that all of us experience. I’m a little embarrassed to say that song gets stuck in my head every now and then. I know it’s just a fun song, but...