There are many times in our lives when our happiness and service to God seem at odds with each other. We often struggle with sin because our desires (and so, by default, our happiness) is at stake, and I think our internal struggle often looks something like: “Do I do what I want to do, […]
Twitter seems to be the new trend in online social networking. I keep hearing about it left and right, and almost every artist, celebrity, organization, ministry, church, restaurant, company, co-worker, neighbor, neighbor’s pet, and homeless person has an account and tweets daily. Now the purpose of Twitter as I have come to understand it is […]
Below is a blog I posted long ago on MySpace, but was reminded of it recently, as it seems to be extremely appropriate considering the last few days in my life, and some of its truth speaks to me out of the past even now as I re-read it. ___________________________ God pulled me into a […]
1 Corinthians 15:58 – “Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.” Galatians 6:9 – “And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” […]
A little while ago the New York Giants, who were the lowest rated team in the playoffs, having barely made a wild-card spot, faced and beat the New England Patriots, who were speculated by some to be the best team in NFL history. The Giants won in a upset of epic proportions.I was in attendance […]
Psalm 112:1,7 – “…Blessed is the man who fears the Lord… He is not afraid of bad news; his heart is firm, trusting in the Lord.” I often desire a better financial situation. God does not currently have my wife and I in a very fiscally prominent place, and that has often been a fact […]
In an interview for Atlantic Monthly, Philip Pullman, author of the Golden Compass, told Hannah Rosin regarding sex and the alleged Christian repression thereof: “Why the Christian Church has spent 2,000 years condemning this glorious moment, well, that’s a mystery. I want to confront that, I suppose, by telling a story that the so-called original […]
As I thumbed through old journal entries, I came across a time in my life where I was tempted very badly to despair about certain things in my life… one of those things being my life in general. God taught me many things in that time of my life, and I was able to overcome […]
Proverbs 16:9 – “The heart of a man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.” Proverbs 20:24 – “A man’s steps are from the Lord; how then can a man understand his way?” I have big dreams… dreams and desires I believe God put into my heart. I believe He has put them […]
This was taken from my journal: “I now recognize (though my flesh still oppose it) this: that if I am in the Word daily, not just reading, but absorbing and applying, then I am stronger. Likewise, if I am not in the Word in such a way, I will find myself in more sin. I […]