Recently, I have been fascinated by something that I read, something that points to a common fallacy that we easily fall into but also something that few of us are willing to admit. Author Stephen Covey describes this type of thinking this way, “We judge ourselves by our intentions and...
The previous weekend I really enjoyed attending Island ECC’s Singles Conference. There I shared some of my own story and lessons learned along the way about the single life. I will share some of that here. The single life, like any other mode of life, can feel empty or rich, or more...
But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them – bringing swift destruction on themselves. Many will follow their depraved conduct and...
Suppose one of you has a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Will he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, ‘Come along now and sit down to eat?’ Won’t he rather say, ‘Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink...
Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Psalm 90:12 I have been thinking about time a lot lately. As working parents of a young toddler, time is scarce, and it forces you to plan each week wisely. A few months back, my wife and I were reading through some parenting...
For now we see only a reflection in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully as I am fully known. 1 Corinthians 13:12 As beautiful as the full moon is on the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is still only a reflection of something bigger and brighter...
I have had a lot of conversations lately where people who love God have expressed a phenomenon that I’ve often seen in my own faith journey. For whatever reason, they, and I, experience seasons where the God we have experienced as both personal and knowable, seems so distant and...
Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. Ephesians 4:14 Like many of you, this past year has been filled with a fair amount of change for me...
Blessed are those who dwell in Your house, ever singing Your praise!Selah. Blessed are those whose strength is in You, in whose heart are the highways to Zion. Psalm 84:4–5 In Old Testament times, it was common for God’s people to long for God’s Temple in...
This, then, is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our sins (debts), as we also have forgiven those who sin against us (our...