Isaiah 53

Have you ever read Isaiah 53 from The Message? It’s powerful…
Several days ago,  I saw Los’ suggestion to check out this song, “Healer”. So I went to the link and heard the song, and watched the video about the story behind it.
And then I watched the performance of it.
…over and over and over again.
At the [...]

Reconciling the beatitudes with being American

I was reading in Luke 6 this morning. After Jesus pronounces His ‘blesseds’, He pronounces His ‘woes’:
24(AS) “But woe to you who are rich,(AT) for you(AU) have received your consolation.
25“Woe to you who are full now, for(AV) you shall be hungry.
“Woe to(AW) you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.”
And I asked myself, [...]

What do you think?

Brace yourself.

For the first time in a while, I’m making some time to write something somewhat meaningful here.

It’s strange. Although these past couple of weeks have had me busier than ever (lots of driving back and forth between Greensboro and Creedmoor and working really hard to get up to speed at work, plus [...]

Romans 5:15-21

15But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man’s trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for(A) many. 16And the free gift is not like the result of that one man’s sin. For(B) [...]

Something I heard yesterday

Yesterday, while working, I listened to a message by Rob Bell on Philippians 2:1-2 called “One Mind” (click here to download the mp3 :: click here to view the past 12 sermons from Mars Hill Church).
The talk was very interesting and certainly kept my attention. Rob even played highlight films of Larry Bird (a great [...]

A REALLY, REALLY strong book endorsement

JDGreear from the Summit Church in Durham, NC, has a post titled “The Book Besides the Bible to Take If You Get Stranded On An Island”.
He begins like this:
G. K. Chesterton was once asked what one book he’d take if he were stranded on an island. He said a book about shipbuilding.
Other than that, [...]

Another great start to the day…

I noticed this scripture in Acts 13 for this first time this morning:
(38) Let it be known to you therefore, brothers,(CL) that through this man(CM) forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, (39) and by him(CN) everyone who believes is freed[c] from everything(CO) from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.

Morning off to a good start…

This was in my view at 6:30 this morning…

Who Was I?

I spent some time looking at the Scripture this morning for the first time in several days. It’s so easy to let that piece of my day get away when I get busy. Somehow the logic goes, “I have to work 10 hours today so I need my extra sleep so that I can have [...]

Goals for 2008: Think Big

So, as I mentioned before, I’m going through the ‘10 Questions For the New Year‘, and this is number 2:
Question: What’s the most humanly impossible thing you will ask God for this year?
Answer:
Wow! Good question. Note that it says ‘humanly’, because with God, all things are possible.
Honestly, I need to pray more about this. So [...]