Welcome to Putting it All Together, the conclusion of a series entitled God is the Ultimate Travel Agent. In this day and age, I think one of the most significant questions that many people face is simply this: for what purpose am I alive and how can I make a real difference? The first step […]
Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching. Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you. Practice these things, devote yourself to them, so that all may see your progress.
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“For a people shall dwell in Zion, in Jerusalem; you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry. As soon as he hears it, he answers you. And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will […]
Immanuel — God with us — is the Biblical revelation that in Christ we have a traveling companion on our journey Who is with us wherever we go. We had a good run with that aspect of the Christian faith in the last installment of this series, but this time, I would like to diverge […]
In the first part of this series, I introduced the idea of God being like a travel agent who maps out our journey and then acts as tour guide to help us reach our ultimate destination. I’d like to pause a moment here before we delve into the mechanics of how that works and reflect […]
Editor’s Note: this is the beginning of a new series I will be focusing on for the next month or so. I’m really excited about the material that will be published in the coming days. Enjoy!
I am really good at going nowhere fast. I’ve perfected the art of spinning my wheels. Did it ever occur […]
For those of you who remember that I was writing a blog series a couple of months ago, welcome back! To those who don’t have a clue what this is all about, please read the first two posts in this series: Look Normal, Smell Different, and Look Different, Smell Old. And now, without further ado, […]
Continuing our series Look Normal, Smell Different, which examines the different ways Christians and the church typically relate to the world, I want to talk today about one of the ways we present ourselves as followers of Jesus which is causing a huge rift in the church and alienating the populace in two different but […]
As part of the relaunch of my blog, I had mapped out some blog topics to talk about on a monthly basis and was all ready to launch into the first series of the fall when my spirit and God’s Spirit collided and a different idea emerged. I haven’t abandoned my previous topic, but it’s […]
