We all know that we have one – a dream that is. …and most of us have not treated it very well. Before I get too far along in this blog let me make a point of saying that I’m not trying to talk to you from some sort of higher plane of spirituality on [...]
Plactic smiles will get us nowhere in the Kingdom of God. We have to be real if we have hope that the Gospel can be of any good to us. …and sometimes it feels like maybe…..maybe…just maybe, even I can become plastic. I need to remember the difference between what makes me real ..not plastic. [...]
And Jesus went into the Temple and sent out all who were trading there, overturning the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those trading in doves. (Mat 21:12) Recently I have read of many of the excesses; in the Charasmatic vein of Christianity in particular. As a Spirit-filled Christian I am very disappointed [...]
If we are serious about experiencing (I don’t like that word in this context, it has taken on some bad connontations) God then we must be willing to pursue Him. We have to desire contact. We must be desperate in our search. BUT… But many of us are concerned of the cost – concerned that [...]
Image by Getty Images via Daylife … the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. (Mat 11:12) John the Baptist came on the scene and met a need that the people had. He challenged the status quo. He preached a raw message sent from God that was to prepare the [...]
You would typically think of a collision as the striking together of two objects such as two vehicles colliding with each other in an automobile accident. When the collision occurs there are things that can be permanently changed. Sure, there is also some change that can be put back the way that it used to [...]
The other day at lunch several of us were talking about church, God, etc… and ourwishing for more – for something that did not exist in our lives the way we want it to. The stuff I have been blogging about the last couple of days. We want God – the Holy Spirit to be [...]
Our lives are like the chorus from the Rolling Stone’s song. I can’t get no satisfaction I can’t get no satisfaction ’cause i try and i try and i try and i try I can’t get no, i can’t get no Everything we seek trying for that elusive satisfaction either fails to satisfy at all [...]
Most of you have probably seen this joke. – A United States Marine was attending some college courses between assignments. He had completed missions in Iraq and Afghanistan . One of the courses had a professor who was a vowed atheist and a member of the ACLU. One day the professor shocked the class when [...]
That headline probably got the little movie screen running in many of your heads, but my topic is probably not what you are imagining from the headline. A few days ago, I went into a Spectrum convenience store in Macon. Following me into the store was a little girl of about 7 or 8 years [...]