I can’t believe it’s only been a year ago. I was weighed down by a metric ton of expectations and responsibilities: some perceived, some real, some mine, some from those around me, some genuinely urgent, some important, and some not important at all. Yes, I believe that God will not give us a burden we…
I’ve heard the faulty theology countless times and it disturbs me. “If God didn’t want me to have this, He would take away my desire for it.” Nowhere in the Word do we see our desire for something as an indicator for God’s will. I suppose people arrive at this conclusion because of their own…
Health is a tri-part matter. Spirit, soul and body. While not all physical illness is due to a chronically unhealthy spirit or soul, the latter will eventually lead to the former. I believe the Bible speaks to this when it says that bitterness and sorrow dry up the bones. But brittle bones are not the…
Every sin of mankind can be boiled down to these three things: lust, greed and pride. 1 John 2:16 Often we see all three roots at work together. Lust leads to greed and pride rationalizes why we deserve that thing and that no one will find out what we’ve done. This concept is clearly seen…
I imagine it was somewhat disappointing at times. They had left Egypt in a state of incredible euphoria. God had dramatically defeated Pharaoh and they walked out of their slavery loaded down with amazing riches. I don’t know if they imagined that they’d walk straight into the Promised land, but I’m certain they never imagined…
I sat in the movie theater with my head down. You can know that if in the first five minutes of a movie it’s swearing at you or assaulting your eyes with immorality, that it’s just not going to get any better. I should have known better, but I had wanted to hang out with…
