My soul clings to you,Your right hand upholds me.
Love as I have loved you
A letter written to a friend: I wrote this in my journal right before you asked me to pray for you last night: “This is My commandment, that you love…
Preaching with people, not at people
Jesus spoke the truth. He confronted sin. He would not compromise. He turned over tables in the temple. He spoke against the Pharisees. He confronted men and took action even…
Smelly Dead
When I see the druggie, the alcoholic, the murderer, the person who is down and out, the person steeped in sexual immorality, the racist, the poor, the homeless, the sick,…
Pleading Reality
“When the mourning dawned, the angel urged Lot to hurry, saying, ‘Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the punishment of…
Preaching the Gospel through God’s love for us
By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. But if anyone has the world’s…
Ordinary People
God’s heart is not to reach the world through “great” men, but through faithful men; the normal everyday people bringing people to Christ.
Go make disciples
“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all…
The Outsider
When I was overseas, I was told what to expect about the culture I was entering. Although it was helpful, what I heard was from the perspective of an outsider,…
The power of the Word
“How beautiful are the feet of those who preach good news!”I thought about titling this: Why Calvinists evangelize? For the word of the Lord is upright,and all his work is…
Deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow me
Jesus said, “Deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow me.” Do I see my life in those words or am I seeking a comfortable pilgrimage on this earth? The…
