During the season of Lent, I preached a four-part sermon series on the verse John 3:16, which culminated in this new interpretation of the most famous verse in the Bible: For God so loved the entirety of Creation that God revealed God’s own self in the gift of God’s only Child:...
10 Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others,faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms. 11 If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in al...
Rather than opting for either extreme of complete dependence or no contact whatever, it is best to see the Genesis narratives as freely using the metaphors and symbolism drawn from a common cultural pool to assert their own theology about God (see speaking the Language of Canaan). The version ...
They would explain the punishments that would befall (or had already befallen) the people of God and what sins or problems in the community had prompted these judgments. Sometimes this problem was cultic (how the people of God were worshipping God). Sometimes this problem was idolatry (who t...
But thinking about that all, stresses me out and quite frankly leads me down a road believing we will never be doing enough. But, the important work to recognize is all that we are doing, by the grace of God. When I started Rosie’s, the whole model was to just buy wholesale from ...
Some of you may remember me giving my testimony in a post I shared a couple years ago: “How God Broke Me Out of My Striving.” That was the encounter with the Lord that literally redirected the entire trajectory of my life. Until we see Him for Who He really is, we can’t get ...
He leads me beside quiet waters. 3He renews my life; He leads me along the right paths for His name’s sake. 4Even when I go through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff — they comfort me. ...
TV Answer Man, DIRECTV just removed OAN! I know it’s because of politics! Do you know if this is permanent or temporary? If it’s permanent, do you know any other place I can watch it without having to get a subscription to another satellite or cable place? — Wendy, Lincoln, Nebr...
I thank Him daily for the place He has brought us to in this new season we are in. But to actually reflect back into moments of time when we were in the midst of a whirlwind of stress and emotion, it was a gift!! God is so good! -yet often the little miracles He provides go ...
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