Romans 2

I want to share something from Romans 2 that jumped out at me yesterday. In verses 17-29, Paul warns about the danger of hypocrisy. It starts at as a poison, blinding us to the needs of others and before we know it we are anything but what we claim to be.
Paul notes that for [...]

Happy Thanksgiving

I am taking a blogging break, and hope to resume blog activity sometime after Nov. 28. I have a major paper due on the 28th on the social signigicance of the nuclear family in Genesis 2-3. Pray for me!
 
In the mean time, have a Happy Thanksgiving!
 
Most of all, I am thankful for the Savior’s [...]

Social World of Ancient Israel

I have been entangled in the social world of the Old Testament throughout this semester and thought this except from Matthews and Benjamin was worth sharing:
 
“The world in which the Bible developed was dramatically different from the world in which we read the Bible. There are many ways to describe the differences. The world of [...]

Jesus loves me

 
“And he took the children in his arms, put his hands on them and blessed them” (Mark 10:16)
 
A word from the Word: Read Mark 10
“…for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these” (Mark 10:14)
 
Food for Thought: Jesus loves me…
I know I’ve written a lot about my oldest daughter, Rachel. It’s hard not to [...]

Psalm 3

David writes in Psalm 3, “how many are my foes, how many rise up against me!” It would seem from the opening of this Psalm that the rest of his message would be bleak. In spite of mocking (v. 2) “many are saying of me God will not deliver him,” he is able to say [...]

Hello Moon

A couple of days ago my wife and I were driving home from a trip to Tulsa. It was dark, and where we some 30 miles still from our home, and in the southeastern sky I saw a large shooting star/ meteor racing across the sky. The heavenly mass was enormous, and the green trail it created [...]

Hello Moon

A couple of days ago my wife and I were driving home from a trip to Tulsa. It was dark, and where we some 30 miles still from our home, and in the southeastern sky I saw a large shooting star/ meteor racing across the sky. The heavenly mass was enormous, and the green trail it created [...]

Just some thoughts on Psalm 3

David writes in Psalm 3, "how many are my foes, how many rise up against me!" It would seem from the opening of this Psalm that the rest of his message would be bleak. In spite of mocking (v. 2) "many are saying of me God will not deliver him," he is able to say [...]

Raking leaves

This afternoon, some of the kids from the youth group and I invaded the front year of one of our widow’s homes from church, and well, it was intended to be a drive by raking. However, her neighbor told her we were there and well she found out.
I got to to talk to the women, [...]

Raking leaves

This afternoon, some of the kids from the youth group and I invaded the front yard of one of our widow’s homes from church, and well, it was intended to be a drive by raking. However, her neighbor told her we were there and well she found out.
I got to to talk to the [...]