On Mother’s Day and last Sunday, when the children were sharing in music ministry, I peeked a bit and saw the proud faces of the parents, as well as the joy on everyone’s faces. It’s not just that they did a great job singing, but because they are your child, they shine a light on […]
Archives: Teachings
Divorce
Matthew 19:3-9 is one of the longer portions on this issue. True, the Pharisees only brought the subject up to try to trick Jesus, but He used it as a great history lesson for the future. As you know, the rabbis prior and to that time disregarded the Mosaic directive in Deuteronomy 24: 1-4, where […]
A Parade Spectacle
I grew up in South Minneapolis and remember the long standing tradition of the ten days of summer, also called the Aquatennial. My favorite was the Torchlight Parade on Wednesday night, because I liked the lights and it looked more festive. Parades highlight a city’s strengths and are supposed to bring pride, honor, and closeness […]
Born Dead
Today is the anniversary of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which occurred in A.D. 79, where the plume went 21 miles high. It pulverized the pumice at a rate of 1.5 million tons per second, and ultimately released a hundred thousand times the thermal energy of Hiroshima. Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis, and Stabae were covered in […]
Cults
Cult – C = Christ is adjusted Matthew 16:13 – 18 The following are some of the belief systems regarding Jesus Christ: Jehovah Witness – They do not believe Jesus is God. Rather, that He is God’s first creation and that He was God’s agent in creation and the spokesman through the Word. They believe […]
Prepare Our Hearts to Build His House
Know that God is raising up certain people that will respond to our particular work. “…Even everyone whose spirit God had stirred to go up and rebuild the house of the Lord which was in Jerusalem.” 1:56. There are people out there ready to hear. We need to find our place. People are seeking an […]
Choosing Prayer
We all pray out of our concerns, wishes, and burdens, yet as disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ -and as church leaders, in particular, we are summoned by Christ Himself and vested with His authority in prayer. God has been speaking to me privately about this lately – that I don’t need to just pray […]
God’s Invitation to Humanity
Definition of invitation: Act of inviting A spoken or written request for someone’s presence or participation To attract to another. It comes from the Latin “invitationem”, meaning to invite, treat, entertain, be pleasant toward. It is a social event for a personal reason: dinner, wedding, party, celebration, graduation. Any invitation has a meaning behind it. […]
Armor of God
As a review, chapters 1 and 2 are mile markers on the road with God in relationship to Him; chapters 3-5 are mile markers on our journey with our fellow travelers; chapter 6 ends with the mile markers on the road with an enemy pursuit – someone is trying to knock us off the road […]
Anger Inward and Outward
Anger is evidenced in two ways: inward forms a crater, hardness to protect, yet shuts down. Outward forms a flowing form, partly to keep it away from self and keep others from self. Ephesians 4:31 builds a picture of a potted plant – in the plant is the soil (combined in your case) – soil […]