In many churches and among a number of Christians, there are some hard conversations that go on about standards for doctrine and leadership, about what is truly God’s will, what it means to be inclusive and loving in a culture that demands so much in terms of...
Jesus ministered to all – sinner and saved alike- everywhere he went. He fellowshipped with the disciples who were with him most of the time for 3 years. But he enjoyed close community with Peter, James and John They went places others didn’t and he showed...
“Sin remains sin, no matter how emotive or empathetic we might be towards the sinner. It does not matter if the sinner is ourselves, our nearest and dearest, friends, or strangers. All sin is worthy of death, and that must be our response to it. We have no right...
A mother in recovery discovered at the end of a long and trying day that when satan sought to sabotage her sobriety, God was more present than she had ever known and that God will, if necessary, accompany one all night long, keeping her hands busy while giving her the...
I’ve observed something interesting in Scripture….God’s penchant for balancing events in the Old Testament with others in the New Testament…..Like the idolatry of the Hebrews worshipping the golden calf in the desert while Moses was on Mt....
This morning I asked a young lady riding with me to church to write something down. She didn’t want to because she said her handwriting was so poor. She talked about her grandmother’s beautiful handwriting and the fact that her grandmother even knew shorthand, which...
As a child I was fond of reading biographies of the famous and not-so-famous. It’s a commendable practice for young people today. Here’s one worth the read. From The Welles Remy Crowther Charitable Trust: http://www.crowthertrust.org/welles-story/...
(From a Sermon at Carillon Beach Chapel- 9-4-16 by Cathy Byrd) Olympic Medals in Faith’s Race 1 Corinthians 3:10-15. The Apostle Paul, writing to the Corinthian Christians and to us: “By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder,...
I was listening to Mark Pollock on TED talk (he is blind and paralyzed), talking about realism and hope. He shared the story of POWs in Vietnam, relating that it was the realists who were able to persevere and who eventually came home. The optimists kept setting...
There was a time I was a quibbler….I quibbled about perceived contradictions in Scripture. I quibbled over words…..and over tones and implications that I could have little way of discerning from words alone. I pecked away at the texts to try to figure...
