Thanksgiving Is Not Just For November
October 2023
September 2023
“Odd Gifts”
There Are No Ordinary People
In May, our High School aged youth went to a combined youth event with the youth of Lord of Life Plano. They hosted us for an evening of “9 Square in The Air” (if you’ve never played this game, it is a combination of volleyball and 4 square – it’s a lot of fun!) and we watched a movie about the conversion of C.S. Lewis. Clive Staples Lewis is known for his defending the…
The Mind That Demands Silent Gods
I have often wondered why in the Old Testament there were so many silent gods. (g)ods made of stone, wood and various other materials were obviously a very regular occurrence in their societies and I often wondered why they were so popular. In fact, created gods are present in every society. I often wondered what the draw or desire is to have gods that cannot speak. I…
It is the glory of God to conceal things…
One of the more perplexing traits of God is that he is not afraid to let us learn. I remember many times being frustrated as a young boy that I had to learn the so called “baby steps” before being able to master a topic. Driving was certainly something that I was frustrated with having to learn how…
Slow Down and Fast
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] During Lent the question of fasting always comes to the forefront, and it should. We are gluttons by our fallen nature and Lent causes us to stop and repent of our sin of gluttony. There is nothing…
“Behold The Lamb Of God…”
“Time is Money”
You know the old adage, “Time is money.” Maybe this year you will get your schedule or budget under control…as you promised last year. Or I remember when I was a student working through college and I griped to my dad, “I either have no time to have fun or I don’t have money to have fun.” My dad laughed and said, “Welcome to…
Oh Come, Thou Key of David
“O come, Thou Key of David, come, And open wide our heavenly home; Make safe the way that leads on high, And close the path to misery.” In our Tuesday Bible study, we have been examining the beginning of David’s kingdom in 1 & 2 Samuel. Before Thanksgiving we read 2 Samuel 7. In that chapter David desires to build God a home, a temple. However, God tells David that HE…
This is My Son
Many times folks begin to lose hope because life doesn’t go how they expected it to go. No one really believes life will always be sunshine and rainbows. However, we all have expectations and we always, at first anyway, think our expectations are reasonable. But perhaps our expectations were not reasonable to begin with. Many times our relationships with others become a…