Writing to Help You Find and Share the Hope of Jesus
"You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life."John 5:39-40 John 5 is an important warning on the danger of religious blindness. The chapter starts alongside the pool of … Continue reading Don’t Miss This: The Danger of Religious Blindness
In the Disney movie The Emperor’s New Groove, the arrogant Emperor Kuzco gets magically transformed into a llama after a failed assassination attempt orchestrated by his administrator Yzma and her right-hand man Kronk. As Yzma and Kronk search for the emperor-turned-llama to finish him off, there’s a funny scene where they visit the home of … Continue reading But God: The Most Crucial Conjunction
“He brought me out into a broad place; he rescued me, because he delighted in me.”Psalm 18:19 Read the others posts in this series - Post #1 Series Intro; Post #2 Pray for Delight; Post #3 Plan for Delight; Post #4 Read With Others Who Delight. Post #5 Know God's Delight. The Delight of Grandparents Last week we … Continue reading Grow Your Delight In God’s Word (Part 5) – Know God’s Delight
“And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.”Acts 2:42 Read the others posts in this series - Post #1 Series Intro; Post #2 Pray for Delight; Post #3 Plan for Delight; Post #4 Read With Others Who Delight. Post #5 "Know God's Delight." Much of this series … Continue reading Grow Your Delight In God’s Word (Part 4) – Read With Others Who Delight
“The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.”Proverbs 13:4 Read the others posts in this series - Post #1 Series Intro; Post #2 Pray for Delight; Post #3 Plan for Delight; Post #4 Read With Others Who Delight. Post #5 "Know God's Delight." Go To Sleep With A … Continue reading Grow Your Delight In God’s Word (Part 3) – Plan For Delight
“Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.”Psalm 119:18 Read the others posts in this series - Post #1 Series Intro; Post #2 Pray for Delight; Post #3 Plan for Delight; Post #4 Read With Others Who Delight. Post #5 "Know God's Delight." We Need Supernatural Help Wanting to read the Bible, let … Continue reading Grow Your Delight In God’s Word (Part 2) – Pray For Delight
Late last week, the man God used to get me excited about reading the Bible passed away. Harvey Friez was our pastor at Community Bible Church during our eight years in Pierre, SD. I came to faith at Community Bible Church in 2005. Along with several other men in that church, Pastor Havery’s faithful preaching … Continue reading Grow Your Delight In God’s Word (Part 1)
The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.Matthew 9:37 There are many more people wanting to be discipled than there are Christians willing to disciple them. That’s the difficult truth I’ve learned working with ATLAS of West Central Minnesota, a mentor-based disciple-making ministry in Willmar, MN. There are more people wanting to grow in … Continue reading The Supply and Demand of Making Disciples
“O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption.”Psalm 130:7 Hope is often discussed, yet just as often underappreciated. We preach it and sing about it. But we don’t usually realize it’s power and our need for it when times are good. Comfort tends … Continue reading The Thrill of Hope: What Produces Hope? And What Does Hope Produce?
