Help Yourself“If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.”  Prov 9:12This is probably the most individualistic verse in all of the Bible. Certainly our decisions ...  Read More

Confidence“Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God, who has made us ...  Read More

Subtle LiesThe Evil One can be patient.  He will take years to retrain the thinking of a whole culture in order to establish lies that cut at the heart of who we are in Christ.  His lies are often bui...  Read More

Ding DongThis will definitely be the most controversial of my 454 blogs.  If you are prone to getting your feelings hurt, then you may want to skip this blog as I am going to say some very strong thin...  Read More

Don’t be StupidSin makes us stupid.  We say stupid things.  We make up stupid excuses. When confronted we blame other people, really believing that many will think it is someone else who is to blame. ...  Read More

WantedHave you ever felt as if you were being tolerated?  You were with people, they were kind enough, but you were getting some strong signals that, at best, they were tolerating your presence.  Mayb...  Read More

Shameless PlugWhen I was a youth pastor we used to do a two week, every night, VBS.  I was in charge.  It was more than exhausting.  The amount of work that went into each night was simply amazing.  C...  Read More

I Know BetterThe other day I was trimming some trees and bushes around my yard.  My plan was to cut them all down and then go back and pick them all up. I went to the backyard to begin trimming a line...  Read More

Proverbs 18My heart seems to connect with Proverbs 18.  I was spending some time there today and it just seems that this chapter speaks to me more often than I want to admit.  It seems as if I am in n...  Read More

Be Kind“Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.”  I memorized this verse from Ephesians when I was a young child.  It rolls off my tongue with great...  Read More

Support TeamIn II Kings 6 we read of Elisha and one of his servants.  Elisha got up one morning to find that he was surrounded by a king’s army who had come to take him to the king.  The servant panic...  Read More

Simple ReminderI am not sure how your week is going.  Maybe you have had a difficult month.  Maybe your life is a living example of how no good deed goes unpunished.  Every effort you have made lately...  Read More