As the Apostle James begins what would become one of the most practical letters in the New Testament, he starts out with an exhortation that should most likely resound with relevance and hope for each of our lives. He says in James 1:2-4, “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of [...]
Archive for April, 2008
“Count it all joy…”
April 24, 2008
Delighting in the Law?
April 6, 2008
Let me pose a question to you. What is your life grounded in? Where would you say that you draw strength, comfort, conviction, or hope from? Is it from God? Do you spend time grounding yourself in God through prayer and the study of His Word? Or do you find that your day-to-day living centers [...]
Good People Skipping Church
April 5, 2008
Most of us probably know “good people” that don’t attend church anywhere. Often these are the individuals that we have the most difficult time reaching out to. You know the type. You share your faith with them and they agree with everything you say. You encourage spiritual devotion in their lives and they respond [...]
A Prayer for Knowing God
April 4, 2008
Have you ever been prayed for before? I’m not talking about those little “Umm…God bless so-and-so” type prayers. I’m talking about earnest, heart-felt, deep-from-within-the-soul prayer. If you have been prayed for like that then you know what a tremendous blessing it is. Very often God wants to show us things about ourselves, things that [...]
An Easter Contemplation
April 3, 2008
(The following article was printed in our church’s bulletin and handed out on Easter Sunday, March 23rd, 2008.)
Jesus of Nazareth was a very real man. He is no legendary figure born from heroic tradition or fable. Both time and space record that he did in fact live a very real and influential life and [...]
