When we were home-schooling, our children were always striving to get by with the least possible. It was as though they asked, “Just how much of this knowledge and skill do I have to put up with?” I see the same thing in myself and my brethren. “OK I have been forgiven and given everlasting […]
In the classic of our faith, by Hannah Hernard, called Hind’s Feet On High Places, Jesus looks at Ms. Much Afraid and asks her, “If I did not keep my promise to take you to the high places and give you feet like a deer, would you still love me?”. She looked at him with […]
Anything that you “have” will soon have you. Anything you, “own” will soon own you. Anything you “control” will soon control you. Knowing this to be true, should we run screaming from all possessions? NO! God loves to entrust to us, resources skills, and groups to belong to. He just wants them to be a […]
When we eat simple carbs (such as sugar, white flour, and corn syrup), we feed enemy bacteria which proliferate and eat the mucus lining. They then eat the connective tissue between the cells that line the gut. Now bits of food leak into the blood, triggering a constant immune response which turns into constant inflammation […]
The devil gets us to resent or ignore the here and now suggesting that our happiness is in the future, in a future fantasy where we have no work or responsibilities. As children, we resent chores and school and can’t wait till recess, weekends and Summer. As adults we continue to resent school work, regular […]
In James 3:1 it says, “My brothers, be not many masters, knowing that we should receive the greater condemnation. In Hebrews 13:17 it says, obey them that have the rule over you and submit yourselves. In Matthew 28: 8-10,14 we read, “Do not seek to have people call you honorable names like teacher or master […]
I remember listening to evangelists who had lived dramatically messed up lives and so could testify to God’s saving power and grace. The apostle Paul was a great evangelist, in part, because he has such a dramatic story. If God loved him and turned his life around, God could help anyone! Peter was pretty messed […]
I was talking to someone today who was moaning and groaning about having to shovel his sidewalk. His whining, reminded me of the attitude of most of my fellow doctors during training. They constantly whined and complained about the long hours, the difficulty, the anxiety etc.I wondered what they gained from all the whining. Whining […]
