Tag Archive | Relationships
The lost art of conversation
I heard on the radio recently about how addicted many of us are to our smart phones. If we forget to take it with us when we go somewhere it’s as if we’ve left the house… well… naked. I’ve seen it in restaurants. A couple is sitting down to a meal and both of them [...]
Bible has much to say about social skills
“You talk to much. You talk to much. I can’t believe the things that you say!” ~ George Thorogood. “Too much talk leads to sin. Be sensible and keep your mouth shut.” ~ Proverbs 10:19 NLT. We’ve been around them before: the person who just won’t take a breath and shut their mouth long enough [...]
Christian vipers spit discouragement
Sadly there are people who will never come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, not because of the world’s influences, but because of the influence of people who claim to be Christian. In my life I’ve come across people who know how to smile, can quote bible scriptures by memory and purport to love [...]
Treat depression like cancer: purposeful
I’ve not had cancer, though I do know cancer victims. It’s an insidious disease that robs people of life. My purpose here is not to make light of cancer, but to help people understand that there is another form of cancer eating away at people and the cure requires treatment that is just as aggressive [...]
Where are all the men?
Okay gentlemen… we’ve been to the mountaintop; we’ve heard the speeches; we’ve been challenged to assume the leadership role that God has called us to, so why haven’t things changed? Why is America getting worse, not better? For instance, why is the divorce rate in the church the same as it is outside the church? [...]
Church is not something we do, it’s what we’re called to be
I stumbled upon an encouraging blog some time ago and have enjoyed reading it ever since. The blog’s author is a pastor in the Midwest and has an excellent way of writing and pointing to God’s truth. Reading this today I had a couple thoughts. The first took me to James 2 where James writes: [...]
He was 45; He only wanted to feel better
He was 45. He only wanted to feel better.. There’s really nothing I can add to this blog post. I discovered it when I learned that a blog post of my own had been linked from this one. I would encourage anyone and everyone to read it and take it to heart. We’re all called [...]
How science and nature shout God’s existence
Louie Giglio is a remarkable and exciting speaker. I’ve been watching a series in Sunday School where he talks about the vastness of God. While the DVD clip below addresses only part of his series, which continues to blow me away, there was another part in the series just before he goes on to explain [...]
When did Christian community become obsolete?
My best friend’s name is Steve. We’ve known each other since high school in the late 70’s. How this fits into topics I’ve already covered has to do with what happened in our lives over a 12-month period a few years ago. After the collapse of my marriage and the ensuing divorce Steve was there [...]
What was God thinking?
Have you ever stopped to think about the Genesis account of creation in light of God’s own admission that something wasn’t good? After all, we see in Genesis 1 that after everything God created he declared it “good,” culminating with the creation of man, which He called “very good.” So why in chapter 2, verse [...]
