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The law teaches love. We were created for love. But since we so easily forget what love is, God laid down the law as a guide to teach us what love looks like. Yet so often that is not how we use the law. In today’s world, we often hear statements like: “just love one […]

Sometimes we identify progress with speed. And on occasion that is synonymous. But direction matters more. And sometimes direction isn’t as simple as we believe. C.S. Lewis said something to the effect that we think the guys running fastest are making the most progress. But sometimes, the guy walking in the opposite direction is the […]

Sometimes in life, it is necessary to confront others. The spirit of effective confrontation is built on a few truths. They build courage for the confrontation when they are needed too. First off, do we always confront someone that offends us. Personally I would say no. In fact rarely. Most of the time, I just […]

Knowing how to deal with offenses is an important life skill to have. Everybody gets offended sometimes. Such is life. All of us meet people on occasion that do or say something that offends us. And we all have someone that finds the soft underbelly we all secretly posses, and then they throw grenades at […]

We often mistake arrogant opinions for conviction. As similar as they may seem, there is a big difference between conviction or arrogance though. So how can you tell which emotion is which? Today a friend asked me if I knew of any good sources of information for a subject she was researching. I couldn’t help […]

We all have that difficult friend that, if we were honest, we would sometimes just rather avoid. They have a way of getting under our skin every time we get together. Oh I know, there are only a few such people, but man they sure do get around. It is not that they are bad […]

In the last month, I have found myself praying bold prayers. Specific prayers. Prayers where you know whether they get answered or not. Praying bold prayers like that is hard. It is easy to quickly blurt out a specific prayer when you are alone and you are not sure you really mean it. But then, […]

I was so delighted in Cuba. Delighted by what God did through me and our team for them. And delighted by how the Cuban church blessed me. My prayer going to Cuba was that just as we would bless the Cuban Church, so I would receive blessing from them. That was not a selfish prayer. […]

The Early Christians referred to themselves as “People of The Way” or Disciples of Christ. They were first called Christians in Antioch. This morning at my Church, the teaching pastor talked about how Christians used to refer to themselves as “People of the Way” not Christians. And that the name Christian was actually a nickname […]

Everybody fails. But failing is only final, if you don’t get back up and move along. Your best life is just past splat. I used to believe that every time I failed I had to start over from zero. Turns out I was wrong. Set-backs are not do-overs, they are just set-backs. You still have […]