I’m starting week 10 of a 12 week bible study entitled “Behold Your God” (I recommend it to all of you). The teaching has been challenging and convicting in many respects. Likely the most sobering moment, a reality check if you will, came in the day 5 portion of week 9. The author John Snyder,…
Imitating Marriage
As the hearing began today at the highest court level I see again that people want to claim what is not theirs by force and by imitating the original. Only what is real and has value is ever imitated. Cheap knock offs are never imitated. Marriage between one man and one woman is ordained by…
Church Planting Lessons from the Strawberry Plant
While my mom was visiting a few weeks ago I built my first “strawberry barrel” (see picture below) out of a 55 gallon drum and she bought me 50 strawberry roots. After looking for the best variety, I settled on the Ft. Laramie. We ordered them and the waiting began. I looked in the mail…
New Sermon Series Begins on Sunday, April 26
If you’ve never driven on an interstate highway in the west you don’t know about this, but if you miss an exit it could be half an hour or forty-five minutes later before you are able to get to the next exit to turn around. Just one simple miss and now you are far off…
the Claptrap
My Twitter account had some activity this past week from a church consulting group. (In most of the Twitter world activity is no big deal, but for a guy like me this was huge.) After having a sermon ‘favorited’ by someone/group that I don’t know anything about I decided to investigate why they would even…
Behold
We strain the eyes to behold the things we cherish. This is why eye contact with a loved one is important. When I participate in wedding ceremonies my favorite thing to do while the bride is walking in is to get a good look and the groom… that man’s eyes are always fixed on his bride…
Happy Anniversary, New Horizon Home
Yesterday, April 9, was the 2 year anniversary of New Horizon Home. New Horizon Home is a girls home in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. May God bless His name. Happy Anniversary, New Horizon Home!
Who Cares What the Spirit Says to the Church?
Is this the most common phrase spoken at the mid-week prayer gathering of the Lord Jesus Christ tonight? “Who cares what the Spirit says to the church, we have things to do tonight.” It may not be said everywhere across the land. Likely nobody would say it quite like this… attendees know better, and non-attendees…
A Personal Statement Concerning My Calling
I’ve recently been reading and re-reading biographical sketches of pastors/missionaries of old. I’ve been reminded of their personal statements concerning their understanding of their duty before God. About two weeks ago I wrote a rough draft and working on fine tuning what this might look like from my vantage point. The following is a result…
Meet Our New Girls
The Lord has delivered four more girls to New Horizon Home over this past weekend. Pray for them as they adjust to the home and meet their other 33 sisters.