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thumb licks [4.20.13]
My daughter’s Beauty. The Danger in Talking About Why We Should be Involved in a Church. Nebula’s in 3-D. The Creator’s art. 7 Ways to support your pastor. Where are the honest atheists? Godly lessons from sports. Bigger than we think. The doctrine of Creation. Debunking 3 common myths about the resurrection. How to interpret […]
warnings to religious people
“No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light. Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is bad, your body […]
How should I pray?
“Jesus was praying.” That’s how Luke 11:1 begins. Honestly I’ve read that many times, but this time it floored me, “The Creator and Rescuer of the world is on His knees praying to God, His Father.” Isn’t that amazing? Notice, Luke doesn’t say how Jesus prayed, how long, where, or what He was praying, it […]
Why does God delay an answer to prayer?
Thomas Watson, a Puritan pastor from over 350 years ago, asked in his book, Body of Divinity (pp. 399–400), “Why does God delay an answer to prayer?” In other words, why would God ever keep us asking and seeking and knocking when he could respond sooner? (cf. Luke 11:9-10) He gives four answers : Because […]
Jesus redefines your “neighbor”
“Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.” It’s a catchy little jingle, eh? Did you know that Barry Manilow wrote that for State Farm back in 1971? What this slogan implies is that people can have certain qualities that make them a good neighbor. What qualities make a person a good neighbor? Jesus gave […]
black friday
There are two Fridays that people reference frequently: Black Friday and Good Friday. How did Black Friday get its name? “Black Friday” had an early meaning of referring to the day that normally retailers “sell in the black” or make a profit from their sales for the year. Religiously, the day after Thanksgiving, we make […]
Jesus forgives risky women
A few years ago, my wife served at Vision of Hope, a residential treatment center for women at risk. During her time on staff, we met many gals from backgrounds of horrific abuse, numbing addictions, and life-debilitating decisions. These gals came wrecked and desperate for change. Miraculously many of those gals intersected with Jesus, began […]
thumb licks [03.09.13]
The case for early marriage. How to train youth to tie the knot. Jesus Plus. Amazing images of earth from space. Are you being a burden? How do I evangelize if I’m an introvert? How China plans to wipe out house churches. Like elephants, search engines never forget. 7 ways to do bad word studies. […]
Jesus breaks the rules
Rules. Rules. Rules. They are everywhere. There are rules for school, rules for the road, rules for table manners, rules for marriage, rules for parents and children, rules for governing, rules for meetings, rules for church, written rules, unspoken rules, and even rules for rules. Sometimes rules can seem nettlesome when we don’t understand their […]
Jesus eats with sinners
Most religious people would not catch themselves in a biker bar or talking with pimps and prostitutes, but when reading through the Gospels we catch Jesus talking to these kinds of people in these kinds of places often. Why does Jesus hang with sinners? Well, in Luke 5:27-32, Jesus eats with a tax collector and […]
Lessons for parents from Jesus’ parents
We don’t often think of Jesus being a child, teenager, or even a tween, but He was one. I suppose the reason is that there isn’t a lot of material written about Jesus’ childhood between His birth and late-twenties. What was it like to parent a young Jesus? Perfect right? No tension, no discipline, no […]
What are the defining marks of a disciple?
Recently, I was asked this question by a friend, “What are the defining marks of a disciple of Jesus?” That’s a really good question. How would you answer that question? At its core, the word disciple means follower or more specifically a follower who is a learner. A disciple learns and never stops learning the […]
thumb licks [1.15.13]
Bible reading plans for the year. Junk with a purpose. I will get back to you after I find the answer and other stupid statements. Bible 101. Dealing with life’s interruptions. Our generations acceptable sin. Paper computer. This is too cool. Training your child to leave home. The biggest structure in the universe. I feel […]
walking in forgiveness
When I was 10 years old I shared the school bus with a stoutly loud-mouthed bully. He knew just the buttons to push to make me blow: comments about the size of my nose. The other kids on the bus would snicker, mostly because they didn’t want to be his next verbal target. I thought […]
the gift that keeps on giving
These are some beautiful reflections by my wife Sarah on Christmas. I can only imagine that both Mary and Joseph were exhausted. For the last 5-9 months as people learned of her pregnancy, Mary had lost friends. Even her family frowned. “Really? You didn’t do anything wrong but you’re pregnant? An angel you say? Ok […]
waiting (a story of a boy and Christmas)
A real-life story of a boy and Christmas from Ben Houchen, a shepherd and my best bud since middle school. Waiting. Nikki took Cynnan to the Surgeon today and had the pre-op consultation. Everything went well with that and the Doc said he would have time to do the surgery tomorrow. This got us excited, […]
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