I’ve notice how my attitude, headed into my time in the Word, determines what and if I hear from God. I know we are to go to the scriptures to gain proper attitude, but a improper attitude can keep us from hearing God in the first place. God seems to use our circumstances to break [...]
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I ordered a copy of Glo, Zondervan’s latest Bible Software from Amazon. At Lifeway stores it was $80+tax but I was able to order it new from Amazon for $55. The license allows for installation on 3 machines. It took me about 2 hours to get this 3 DVD media monster installed. I must say they are [...]
Here is the link to the message I gave last Sunday Morning.
I was reading the account of Noah and the flood earlier this week when I realized something . After the flood Noah, his family, and the animals came off the ark and Genesis 8:20 reads, “Then Noah built an alter to the LORD and taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings [...]
Penn Jillette’s video blog entitled, “The Gift of a Bible”. Mike and Shelly Reid shared this clip with me yesterday. You guys are right, I can’t keep that quote out of my mind!
An observation from my life and the life of others: We often fail to confront people when they sin against us. Then because we fail to confront them they continue in their offense, which leads us to become angry with them. Then the anger grows into bitterness, which leaves us resenting the person. The problem [...]
Mary and Joseph had individually received a visit from an angel and when the angel was done, when the revelation was over, all they had was faith. However Marry started craving strange food, pickles and orange juice, wafers and quail, and in time her belly started to grew. Eventually her stomach grew to the place [...]
Scott Pittman – Turning Pointe Lead Pastor
Posted: December 19, 2008 in Church, Leadership, Ministry & Leadership, The WordI’ve been holding off blogging about my new role at the Turning Pointe; until it becomes official in January. For now it will suffice for me to share with you a clip from a recent sermon from the Lead Pastor Scott Pittman. Scott, Dude, you fire me up! I appreciate your love and passion for [...]
Story Time
Posted: December 15, 2008 in Arc, Books, Culture, Education, Family, Homeschooling, Quotes, The WordStories have always been an important part of my life. Stories, good stories, have a way of capturing and keeping my attention like nothing else. If you think about it, most of our everyday conversations are simply us telling stories to each other. Growing up my parents always told me stories, mostly funny and some [...]
In uncertain times we need to check our fear gauge and remember that our God is faithful. In the book of Numbers, chapter 14 recounts the story of how the children of Israel refused to take the Promised Land because of fear. Even though they had seen the hand of God in the miracles that [...]
