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This is Not My House

We stood in the garage of one neighbor’s house at 5:50 this morning and watched the other neighbor’s house burn down. The family – two parents, three kids, and one very traumatized beagle – stood lined up across the front of the garage peering through the rain, watching as all their accumulated earthly wealth burned. It gave new meaning to the scriptures. It all burns. These are the castles we build while we’re here. These are the efforts that drive our days and haunt our nights. This. This, that smolders even now hours later as we look out the windows from our comfortable home across the street and think about having no silverware. No shoes. No keys to start the car with. No charger for our phones. It all seems so important, so vital to our existence. And you know what… it is. For now. But this is not our home.
7 August 2014
Words For Thought- Manumit

One of Merriam-Webster's words of the day was manumit. They defined the word as "to release from slavery". Where do we find this concept in Scripture?
7 August 2014
That's the wrong gospel

A friend of mine recently shared an astounding fact. Ninety percent of children who grow up in evangelical homes make a decision to follow Christ, yet only 22% of that group are still following Christ by age 35. I had to check this out...
4 August 2014
Lint Roller

My husband is the only person I know who uses a lint roller on the insides of his pockets. I caught him doing it this morning. It just troubles him to have all that build-up in there. He asked me with his face wrinkled in disgust, “What is it? And where does it come from?”
31 July 2014
An Unappreciated Gift

Nothing, absolutely nothing, enters our lives without the express permission of God for the purpose of making us more like His son. That is a gift worth appreciating.
13 July 2014
Out of the darkness and into the light

Sometimes it's easier to stay in our dark place of self-loathing and pity. But, God gives us a way out. He calls us to the Light!
26 June 2014
Can a Christian swear an oath?

There are two passages in scripture that are relevant to this question for the New Testament believer. The first is found in Matthew 5: “33 “Again, you have heard that the ancients were told, ‘You shall not make false vows, but shall fulfill you...
26 June 2014
Solutions to a pornography addiction?

Many people find themselves caught up in various kinds of sexual sin. However, we are all commanded to repent and flee from all sexual immorality. 1 Cor. 6:18-20 – “Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body...
26 June 2014
May a Christian participate in Martial Arts?

The short answer is yes, a Christian may participate in martial arts, though the issue you raise is broader than just the topic of martial arts. The Christian is free under the Law of Christ to pursue many things so long as those pursuits are lov...
24 June 2014
Teflon Pot

As I’ve watched my son struggle with how to respond to recent painful experiences and wondered how this will affect his walk with Christ, I’ve had an uncanny experience. I can’t pray for him. It isn’t that I can’t think of words to say, requests to make, hopes to lift up, but rather, when I pray it’s as if I’m in a Teflon pot with the lid on. I know you all have heard the expression that your prayers are bouncing off the ceiling. This is not that.
15 June 2014