What Kind of Children Will We Send?
“One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts.” — Psalm 145:4 “The shot-clock is ticking.” I heard this phrase Monday as a passionate student pastor described his strategy for discipling young people. A former basketball player, this pastor found a great illustration in the shot-clock that ticks away on […]
Keeping Our Eyes On The Goal
Therefore, if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or […]
Hope
Sometimes hope is elusive, obscured by unexpected circumstances that shake our world and rattle our resolve. In those moments of high stress (sickness, job insecurity, financial woes, societal upheaval, loss of a loved one) the vice of living can squeeze so tightly, that we feel we cannot breathe. It is in the dark moments; we […]
Dwelling on Truth
The month of August began for my family with a positive COVID test and proceeded to make its way through each one of us. As I was laid up with COVID, I had a number of hours to reflect on a couple of truths that encouraged me so much. I hope these truths resonate with […]