What God Helped Me Discover This Week“It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.”Proverbs 25:2 Recently I was watching a lecture series from The Great Courses called “History of Christianity” on Prime. The professor, Luke Timothy Johnson of Emory University, was talking … Read more
What God Simplified for Me This Week“And He said, “Come!” And Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water, and came toward Jesus.”Matthew 14:29 Come. That’s it. That’s the blog. Just kidding…we’ll dig a little deeper here. I’ve said before in this blog series that I believe presence is much more important … Read more
What God Confirmed For Me Recently“By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.”Hebrews 11:3 I think a lot about God as Creator and why I believe what I believe. Logic has always been important to me, and logic … Read more
What God Made Me Think About This Week“Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.”Matthew 5:5 This week, I wrestled with what Biblical meekness really means. Matthew 5:5 has always bothered me because I have never been meek a single day in my life. So, naturally, I decided to take this up with … Read more
What God Has to Keep Reminding Me“For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood by reason of the life that makes atonement.”Leviticus 17:11 One of my very favorite classes in college was … Read more
What God Won’t Let Me Forget“Then Abraham raised his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram and offered him up for a burnt offering in the place of his son.”Genesis 22:13 Have you seen the guy on YouTube shorts … Read more
What God Won’t Let Me Forget“We are the temple of the living God.”2 Corinthians 6:16 I have never really cared about appearances – my own or others’. Jenny gonna show up in a headband or a baseball cap with no makeup and a T-shirt with a message on it, and you’re either going to sit … Read more
What God Won’t Let Me Forget“You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.”Jeremiah 29:13 I have been a Judd fan since 1984. Hit me with some Judd trivia, and I will turn it into a full-blown Shakespearean soliloquy. About mid-solo-career, Wynonna did a remake of the Foreigner … Read more
What God Wouldn’t Let Me ForgetThe virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means God with us.Matthew 1:23 The greatest gift has already been given. Immanuel means “God with us.” December has a way of pulling people in a hundred different directions. There are lists to … Read more
What God Wouldn’t Let Me Forget“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.” – Matthew 5:13 The Lord has blessed me with more than one set of … Read more