Almost Saved: The Tragedy Within a Forgotten Parable
And He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand allthe parables?” Mark 4:13Some teachers believe He was saying, This parable is so simple. If you don’t understand it, youwon’t be able to understand any of the parables. But other teachers believe His words meantsomething very different.
“Peering Through the Blinds”: A Lesson from the House of Mourning
In 2008 I received one of those phone calls that alters the course of your life, that shapes the fabric of who you are as a person. Tiffany and I were headed to church with the kids for a Saturday night service. Not long after we had pulled out of the neighborhood, my sister called …read more →
Deceived by the American Dream: Finally Hearing the Hard things Jesus said!
As the drugs wore off, I began thinking about the embarrassment of a man I had become and the direction my life seemed to be heading. My life was going in the wrong direction quickly, and I knew something was terribly wrong. There was a life the Scriptures said was available to me, but I wasn’t experiencing it. This is a tale about two different men, one camel, some missing fruit, and one exam with very hard questions.
A War Cry and A Love Story
*** For those who arrived here from Living Magazine, this is the complete article, “Deciphering the Divine”*** His ministry lasted three years – that’s over 1,000 days of life-giving, soul-saving, absolutely perfect divine truths pouring out of His mouth – yet we have only four relatively short gospel accounts of His life. You could read …read more →
A Season of Examination!
**This post was originally published in “Living Magazine” in early 2022 under the title “Whose Kingdom am I Building” and references my 2021 trip to Kenya. It was almost midnight as I lay in my bed that night praying. With tears in my eyes, I finally committed to God and myself to do something I …read more →