While teaching the Bible to various small groups over the past ten years; I have noticed that people struggle with understanding Jesus as God. It’s often easy to grasp God as Father and the same God as Spirit, but understanding Jesus as the other part of the God-head can be difficult. The two factors that [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Books: The Narrated Bible in Chronological Order (NIV) * Discipleship Counseling by Neil T. Anderson Music (Albums) Starfield Building 429 Keith Urban – Kiss the Girl Podcast Desiring God – Piper Series on The Woman at the Well Andy Stanly – Leadership Podcast The Collide Show – Where Media, Tech, and Ministry Collide Mississippi Moments [...]
I’ve been reading Mad Church Disease, by Anne Jackson. My favorite part of the book is the first few chapters that give a narrative story of Anne’s life. Her years of growing up as a PK (Preachers Kid) gives her the moral authority to speak to what too much of “ministry” can do to a [...]
Monday Night- Church Meeting Tuesday- Lizzy Gym till 6 Wednesday night- Turning Pointe Small Group Thursday – New Friends from Petal over for Dinner Friday – Ally Last Day of Soccer Camp Saturday – Lizzy Birthday Party Sunday – Church and More
Colossians 3:23 -”Whatever, you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men,” “Lord, as I go to work today, give me a vision of what You want me to be and do to influence my co-workers and customers for Jesus Christ. Help me live in such a [...]
Last month I joined the Snap Fitness Gym in Petal. Right now I’m usually getting by there 3-4 times a week. I usually spend about 20-30 minutes doing cardio and then another 30 doing strength training. I started exercising in 1989 as freshman in high school. Lifting weights, along with something they call puberty, put [...]
I order one of these remotes last week from TigerDirect.com for $39.99 + Tax. I got if for about half price since it had been refurbished. The new ones sell for around $80. I’ve wanted one of these things ever since it was named one of the greatest inventions of the past few years. It’s [...]
So what enables and empowers someone to live a loving, joyful, peaceful life in the middle of a hating, joyless, and anxious world? It’s called grace. And not just any grace, God’s Grace. Some of my favorite verses are in Titus 2:11-12, For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. [...]
Legalism doesn’t work. What I mean is that a list of things you are not to do, in and of themselves have no power to help us resist them. They only help us identify and focus on what we are not supposed to do. Unfortunately the byproduct of focusing on what we are not supposed [...]
Here is a copy of an email I sent yesterday to a client/friend who lost 3 years worth of email from some of his customers. The emails are very important, as they contain a history of the interaction that he and the company have maintained with these customers. While I haven’t been able to figure [...]
