Category: Newsletter

Newsletter, Perspective

Certainty is a Sin

Certainty is a Sin A few years back, Peter Enns published a remarkable book entitled, The Sin of Certainty. His big idea is that the Father never intended us…

Newsletter, Perspective, Transitioning

Getting into Position

Propper Positions Years ago, I coached football at the High School level. One of the most important things we did was to get them into the proper positions. Often,…

Newsletter, Perspective

The Until

In The Until Some days it feels like we are living In the UNTIL UNTIL things change UNTIL this ends UNTIL He returns We were never meant to be…

Newsletter, Perspective

Transformational Thinking

Behavior Our theology shapes our behavior. Did you know that? Every day, you and I make decisions based on what we believe to be true. At the heart of…

Newsletter, Perspective

Hindered

Christmas As Christmas draws nigh in this tumultuous 2020, it’s time to remember Him. It’s been a crazy year, to say the least: COVID-19, economic disruptions, travel bans, sicknesses,…

Discipleship, Newsletter

The Breakfast Club

Breakfast Club At six o’clock in the morning every first Tuesday of the month, a gathering of 12 coffee-drinking, blurry-eyed, hungry-for-God young ladies, along with Dawn Brown and myself,…

Newsletter, Perspective

Rewrite Our Script

One of the greatest contrasts between a traditional understanding of the gospel of salvation and what Jesus referred to as the gospel of the kingdom is God’s desire to…

Newsletter, Transitioning

The Big Shift

Molting I’m re-reading James Michener’s historical novel, Chesapeake. In it, Michener describes the male blue hard-shell crab’s molting process that takes place three times per year. The little guy…

Kindgom, Newsletter, Perspective, Transitioning

Golden Calf: Holy Cow!

The Israelites Recently, I was preaching in the Texas Rio Grande Valley, where Boone and Beth (our kids) are pastoring and God empowered the message concerning Moses and Joshua…

Kindgom, Newsletter, Perspective

Sanctification: It Hurts So Good

Sanctification The beauty and the pain of sanctification is one of the least discussed attributes of the christian journey. We need to talk about this more. Because, we need…

Kindgom, Newsletter, Perspective

EAT THE WHOLE LAMB

Eat the Whole Lamb This year, Randy and I celebrated Passover . . . alone! While reading in Exodus, it hit us, God said, “. . . eat the…

Kindgom, Newsletter, Perspective, Transitioning

STRANGE DAYS

Strange Days These are strange days! In all my years of serving, I’ve never seen anything like this. I must admit that when this COVID-19 virus began to raise…