Where is Your Focus?

The ESV is one of the versions that puts section headings over certain passages as you read through the Bible.  Luke 6 has 10 different section headings.  Eight of these sections all have to do with our focus. Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath (letter or heart of the Law) A Man with a Withered

Outside of Time

SciFi movies often attempt to depict different realities with time.  Stopping time, speeding or slowing time, time travel.  Writers are constantly coming up with new ways to approach the subject of time.  As I read more and more about the Day of the Lord or the end of time, I start to consider what time

Don’t Make Believers

Yes, I am actually telling everyone to NOT make believers.  Actually the real statement is don’t even try to make a believer because you CAN’T.  It’s true, we have absolutely a 0% chance of ever making a believer in Christ.  It just can’t happen.  Why?  Because it’s the one step in the whole evangelism process

Music To My Ears

I typically use bibledice to select a random scripture to read for the day.  This week, it seems to be less random.  Of all the verses in the 66 books of the Bible, it has managed to select Psalms the last 5-6 times I clicked the button.  I got the message that I need to

Appreciating His Majesty

How often do we simply pause and reflect on the majesty of God?  Don’t get me wrong, most of us do spend time reflecting on His will, His design for the world, His amazing plans, incredible miracles, etc.  But how often do we stop and reflect on simply His majesty? David is attributed to half

Joy in My Heart

This morning I was reading Psalm 4.  David wrote this song (he even specifies this is to be sung with string instruments) in the midst of his persecution by Saul.  He know’s he’s been wrongfully accused of things.  Saul had grown jealous of David, even fearful that David might become more powerful and overthrow him. 

We Can’t See Clearly

We really can’t see clearly.  What’s crazy, is that God designed us this way.  He gave us eyes to see but they don’t show us what we need to see.  We see this in how Israel chose their first kings. Israel was demanding the kind of kings that their eyes desired, so God granted them

Are You Congealed?

Strange question right?  But there’s a word in Zephaniah that leads me to this question.  The word is complacent. It’s definition is “to thicken, condense, congeal, settle, become dense”.  Now let’s put my question in context. Zephaniah is delivering a prophecy during the reign of King Josiah who actually brought some spiritual reform and revival

The Commandments of Men

Today’s reading was Mark 7, yet another example of the Pharisees attempting to trap Jesus. Seeing that His disciples were not performing the ceremonial cleansing before a meal, they attacked Him for allowing His disciples to not follow the proper traditions. And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it

Training and Logistics

In the military, there are many parts that all work together to a common goal.  While there are soldiers on the front lines fighting the fight, there are teams of people behind them that are charged with one thing, to equip (and train) the soldiers to fight.  These roles are very clear.  The soldiers are