Consistency in eating healthy can be very difficult in a country full of processed food and fast “food” (notice that “food” is in quotation marks because it is quite doubtful what properly constitutes as “food” at some places). We are literally surrounded by snacks and sweets of the unhealthy variety. I lost up to 43 Read more about Health and God: One Tip for Healthier Eating[…]
A lament is a complaint or a grievance that one expresses before God. The Bible is full of lamentations. You can, of course, look at the book of Lamentations to find a lament, or you can look at the Psalms as well that has a whole host of them. Recently I was reading Isaiah 38, Read more about My Lament Before God[…]
This past week we returned from a local missions conference with one of the speakers being from a country that is closed off and quite hostile to Christianity. As this lady spoke about their work and the great amount of time it takes to build relationships with others within this country, I thought to myself: Read more about Patient Evangelism: God Usually Works Slow[…]
I’ve said often that “The Valley of Vision,” besides the Bible, is by far the most influential book in my life thus up to this point in my life. Its devotional content is phenomenal, sound, and biblical at its core. It is a book based on some of the best prayers and devotions of some Read more about Joy, Sorrow, the Cross, and Victory[…]
To see my last two posts on the “Church Growth Movement” click here for the first post on defining the movement, and here for the second post describing the first “Forgotten Verse of the Church Growth Movement.” Have you ever thought about what the purpose of the pastor of a church is to be? There are Read more about Another Forgotten Verse of the Church Growth Movement-“Feed My Sheep!”[…]
Maybe you are going through a tough time right now in the form of a trial or great challenge in your life. Whatever it is you are going through, most likely it is something that was not expected and has, literally, “ambushed” your life. We are all bound to go through difficulties in our lives at Read more about Where Can You Find Hope in the Midst of your Trials?[…]
I was reading recently in Luke 23:54-62 and the account of Peter’s denial of Christ. When we think about failure within our own lives and ministry, there are many things that don’t quite measure up to this type of failure. Our own stinky attitudes and pride may contribute to some failure in our lives, Read more about Peter’s Failure and Our Failure Meet God’s Grace[…]