I remember getting a shot in the doctors office. My doctor would squeeze my arm and say “its going to sting for a minute”...
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Critics are everywhere. They have never built anything, they only tear down. Don’t worry when they criticize you. Jesus was uniquely...
It’s hard for me to accept ideas that didn’t originate within me. That might just be human nature. When I am trying to solve a...
I have experienced some really great moments in life. Watching Bono of U2 sing ‘Where the Streets Have No Name”- live in...
Ever have one of those overly involved micro managing bosses? The one’s that check on you every 10 minutes, measure everything and...
I have confessed to my wife at certain times that I can’t actually read her mind. But, often I think I can know what is in someone...
I’ve met very successful, nice, charismatic people. Their talent and often genuine concern for others made them attractive and often...
I love that scene in Indiana Jones, where “Indy” has to follow a clue that will help him avoid the giant saw blade on his quest...
On my best days I find I am praying continually. It’s as if I am in a constant conversation with God and He is influencing my words...
Sometimes asking the right question makes all the difference. The religious leaders wanted to know “when” the kingdom of God...
Things change! I often say, “there are seasons for everything”. The problem is no one knows how long a season will be, good or...
I feel worse when I offend or sin against someone, than when they sin against me. When people mistreat, speak evil, or fail to keep their...
Show me a miracle and I will believe! Before I was a follower of Jesus, I negotiated with God on those terms. God, “do this”...
I have been pastor to single people in two churches. I grew very fond of so many. It seemed that many felt ‘second class’ in...
Some investments pay back really well. I put some money in my money market account from 2001-2007 and it was growing by nearly 20% per year...
I find myself sometimes getting a bit angry at people who hold a vastly different value system and who cause a great deal of turmoil and...
When I officiate marriage ceremonies I remind the man and woman that this becomes the preeminent relationship. I often say, your spouse...
I am looking forward to the next life… heaven! But, I don’t think most people really want to go to heaven. And I don’t...
Have you ever been to a wedding reception and placed at Table 19? We were! Its a longer story, but a mix-up between the separated parents...
I didn’t have the advantage of ‘growing up’ in church. Knowledge of who Jesus was and what He had done, came to me later...
There are so many aspects of life that are uncertain. The length of our life, the stock market, traffic on the 91 freeway, even… how...
It seems that the divide in American politics is greater than ever. When the speaker of the house tore up the president’s state of...
I have some new endeavors and plans for worldly riches in this new year. The truth is, there are always opportunities for riches in our...
Nobody likes phoniness and hypocrisy, not in themselves, and especially not in leaders. When those in positions of authority require others...
Certainly there have been flawed people in Christian leadership who have tarnished the perception people have of Christianity and God. But...
When my brothers and I were young, we would open our Christmas gifts with great anticipation, and so often… get everything we wanted...
It has been the testimony of Christians for 2000 years that they “hear from God”. Maybe its not an audible voice, but I would...
In this life we applaud the great, best, richest, well known, and highest. They are the achievers, conquerers, and masters. And perhaps...
I didn’t have the advantage of growing up in church. So, understanding what it means to follow Jesus was foreign to me for a good...
I can think of no worse news than when a child passes away. The loss of a child is nearly unbearable. I don’t know how people do it...
Before I put my faith in Jesus Christ, I was both interested and curious but also rightly afraid of Him. He struck me as so unique...
I like gardening and seeing my plumerias, in particular, grow and blossom. Jesus likened the kingdom of God to a field: His Word is the...
I think we all suffer a bit from our tendency toward creating our own “self-made” religion. We have accumulated and formulated...
I have had varying levels of authority in my life. Some of that authority is relational and some is positional. I certainly grew up under...
In the classic ‘coming of age’ book and movie- The Outsiders, in a final scene in the Windrixville church, Johnny says...
And He raised His eyes toward His disciples and began saying, “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are...
Now it happened that Jesus was passing through some grainfields on a Sabbath, and His disciples were picking the heads of...
I know your deeds, and your love and faith and service and perseverance, and that your deeds of late are greater than at first...
The Chosen – Series (Levi, from the Tax Booth) And Levi gave a big reception for Him in his house; and there was a large crowd...
Now when He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch.” Simon responded and...
But He said, “Truly I say to you, no prophet is welcome in his hometown. But I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel in the...
Now Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led around by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being...
Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized, and while He was praying, heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended...
And the crowds were questioning him, saying, “Then what are we to do?” And he would answer and say to them, “The one who has two tunics is...
Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census be taken of all the inhabited earth. This was the first census...
Since many have undertaken to compile an account of the things accomplished among us, just as they were handed down to us by those who from...
from The Chosen (Nicodemus with Jesus) This is what the Lord says: “Heaven is My throne and the earth is the footstool for My...
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may perform these signs of...
Then Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “I have sinned this time; the Lord is the righteous one, and I and...
Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said, “Go, sacrifice to your God within the land.” But Moses said, “It is not right to do so, for...