Assurance…. A hallmark doctrine of Methodism….. yet do we really “get it?” It is not “all about the heart”….. it’s only about the heart after it’s been circumcised and healed by the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit operating by invitation to Jesus to take control...
“Jesus’ healings are not supernatural healings in a natural world. They are the only ‘natural’ thing in a world that is unnatural, demonized, and wounded.” German theologian Jurgen Moltmann quoted in Dana Ortlund’s Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners snd...
Sweet memories……. ”On the night that I first saw Bill Byrd, I was picked up at my dorm by one of his fraternity brothers and was escorted to a social event on Auburn’s campus for those of us who were candidates for sweetheart of their fraternity. As...
Sometimes I hear people carelessly use this phrase, “your ways are not our ways. Your thoughts are not our thoughts”, to direct us toward the “what” of God’s will and work in a circumstance is a scripture I have pondered a lot. The...
Reading: “The Land Between, Finding God in Difficult Transitions” by Jeff Manion. Transition is a topic discussed often at Titus 2. The Father of one of our ladies gave this book to her, which his church small group had studied, and gave an impromptu...
Cricket, Dixie Bell (Stephanie Wheat), and Eulalee (Emily Davis) all dolled up and ready to sing! Someone asked last night how we got our start….it started after I saw a group of ladies from a Pentacostal church sing some of these songs and I asked the writer if...
“You should be thoroughly aware of this—the heaven of heavens is love. There is nothing higher in religion; there is, in effect, nothing else; if you look for anything but more love, you are looking wide of the mark, you are getting out of the royal way. And when you...
From time to time I am called “mean” and “cruel” for speaking the truth I observe. People want to act like they are truth-tellers…they detest being lied to…… but you TELL them the truth and they bow up, call you mean, and have...
When he sets you free, he decides how you will be known. He gives you your name…… his name….. and you are now free FROM the past, but also free TO live into the fullest of what he created you to be from the beginning.
One Sister-Friend heart to another: “Even though we hardly ever talk, I always feel close to you. We have been through a lot together! “ Her Sister-Friend’s reply: “Sister-Friends are like that. But Christ says those who are joined thru His Body enjoy fellowship that...
