“As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience.” Luke 8:15 Who doesn’t love a good campfire? There’s something about starting a bonfire — not just a manly pursuit, but a primal touchpoint, a visceral return to something older than civilization. …
The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! John 1:29 It’s a story I’ve shared before, but it’s such a powerful truth about the work of Jesus that unfolds this week—I feel compelled to share it again. And it starts, not with Holy Week or Easter, but …
“I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.” Ezekiel 36:25 We had a work day on Saturday at Prince of Peace. There were a number of projects and a number of teams. I led the charge with the power washer team that attacked …
“But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.” Isaiah 40:31 The Eagle is the apex predator of the sky. This means it has no equal—no natural threats that hunt it and conquer it. It eats other …
“Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God.” Exodus 4:29 Moses had just spent 40 days on the top of Mount Sinai conversing and communing with the Lord. This was a true “Mountain Top” experience. In fact, this Old Testament story is echoed (and surpassed) with Jesus, Peter, James, and …
“Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all.” 1st Chronicles 29:11 It was a homecoming. I was headed back to the place where …
“When the Waters saw you, O God, when the waters saw you, they were afraid; indeed, the deep trembled.” Psalm 77:16 “When I was sinking down, sinking down, sinking down, When I was sinking down, O my soul! When I was sinking down beneath God’s righteous frown, Christ laid aside His crown for my soul, for my soul, Christ laid …
“There is none like God, O Jeshurun, who rides through the heavens to your help, through the skies in his majesty.” Deuteronomy 33:26 I’m a sucker for a good chase scene in a movie. Every action-adventure movie includes a chase scene. Is it even an adventure movie without such a dramatic back and forth with hairpin turns and exploding cars? …
“Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.” Ephesians 4:15-16 You …
“Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.” John 18:36 Today the world watches another transition of power as the 47th president of the United States is sworn …
