Don’t make your mind up to quickly! There is a world of difference between of knowing your mind and having your mind made up. Whether during a conversation, a meeting, a sermon (or preparing a sermon), etc., be slow to make up your mind. First impressions and headlines are not always accurate and never fully … Continue reading
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On being truthfully flexible or on being flexibly truthful (Whichever you prefer, I’m flexible)
Remember, there is no such thing as “Christian truth”; all truth is God’s truth. What is right or wrong for a Christian is right or wrong for an unbeliever. However, the way truth is applied varies. For example, the truth is every husband should love his wife like Christ loves the church (Ephesians 5:25). However, … Continue reading
Emotionally Speaking
We like to downplay emotions and fool ourselves into believing we are making carefully thought out rational decisions. But the truth be known, our emotions are the fuel that drives much of what we do. There’s nothing wrong with that—it is what it is; we were created to be emotional beings. I like to think of … Continue reading
Change your mind
I have a strange assignment for you today: Change your mind. I don’t really care about what—as long as it is wise; it’s the exercise itself that I am focused on. Of course there are the people whose opinions and principles are like wax—every time the heat is turned up they melt and run off; … Continue reading
Fantasies & Nightmares
John 18:38 (NKJV) Pilate said to Him, “What is truth?” Hang with me a second as I share some “theological talk”… Henry C. Thiessen in his Lectures in Systematic Theology says of God: God is truth—His knowledge, declarations, and representations eternally conform to reality. Now let me see if I can break that down into “everyday … Continue reading
Don’t let there be any doubt that you are convinced…
2 Peter 1:19-21 (NKJV) And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; 20 knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, 21 for … Continue reading
Having my baby…
Proverbs 19:5 (NKJV) The false witness will not go unpunished… Needless to say, it got my attention a few days ago when a lady told me, “Oh Pastor, I’m going to have your baby next Sunday.” Turns out she was right…sorta. She is working in the nursery next Sunday and will be taking care of … Continue reading
