16 Mar Have You Ever Heard God Wrong?
It could be one of the most stunning moments in the Bible. John 6: Jesus calls Himself the true bread from heaven...
09 Mar “I Can’t Prove it”
Samaritan’s Heart recently started a new Monday night Bible study, and it has been amazing. We have more than a dozen people taking part and the Spirit is active in leading the discussion. Recently, we studied 1 Peter 3:15. It’s helpful to take a look...
02 Mar Did You Kill Someone Recently?
The title of this post is admittedly provocative. I’m quite sure your answer to the question it poses is "NO", and you might be surprised or even shocked that I would ask it. So, allow me to pose another question: have you gossiped lately? You...
23 Feb How’s Your Nephesh?
I’d like to ask you a question and please think about it before you answer. Assuming you believe you have one, how would you describe your soul? Most people think of our souls as the non-physical essence that survives after our physical bodies die and...
16 Feb Best Laid Plans
Seconds after this year’s Super Bowl ended, Philadelphia Eagles players were sporting hats proclaiming the champions and their fans could already order shirts and hats of their own. Each year the NFL is prepared to sell “team merch” for both teams playing in the game....
09 Feb When Christ-Following Gets Hard
I won’t sugarcoat it: the six weeks of mid-December through January were challenging for me as a pastor. There was church drama/trauma, lots of it, involving various people. I will also confess that I reached a point (very briefly), where I had thoughts of retiring....
02 Feb A Love Letter From Jesus
I had breakfast this week with a wonderful lady who attends our church. She brought with her a well-loved King James Bible that another woman had given her. So many verses her friend had underlined, so many margin notes. I was enriched by all of...
26 Jan “Importunate”
I learned something about myself last week from one of my daily devotionals. I’m “importunate.” I had never heard the word before. It means persistent, especially to the point of annoyance or intrusion. Yeah, that’s me. Before 2016, my importunity was on my own behalf. I...
19 Jan Dead Air
I had a radio career that spanned three and a half decades. One of the first things I was taught was: “NO DEAD AIR.” Dead air is unplanned silence, usually the result of human error. To a station owner, dead air is throwing away inventory,...
12 Jan Accept All of God’s Gifts
It’s one of the great biblical mysteries. And it’s a sneaky one; so much so, a lot of people miss it. It’s in 1 Samuel 17 when the humble shepherd David is about to take on the 9-foot-tall Philistine soldier Goliath: 38 Then Saul dressed David...