Reflections on Debate
What does the pastor of a small Presbyterian church think about while in a room full of Presbyterian pastors in the midst of a debate?...
Keep ReadingOccasional thoughts from Rob and Randy's (metaphorical) desks.
How can we receive the word "with love" if we're just not feeling that way?...
When listening to the Word of God, we need to set aside our skepticism and criticism and receive it from a standpoint of faith....
We may think we know how to read and hear what the Bible says, but the Bible tells us something different....
We don't need to be ready to hear. Sounds happen and we hear them, right? But in order to hear God's Word in an effective way, we have to prepare ourselves to hear it....
Hearing Scripture can be easy, but the kind of hearing that makes a difference actually requires effort....
The Word of God is powerful, but God has given us responsibility to hear it in a way that puts that power to work....
Presbyterian isn't just something we have in our name. It's something we put into practice, including sending one of our pastors to a national gathering of PCA elders....
Preaching the gospel to ourselves is a great practice to help us think and live rightly. But there's a problem with it......
What does the pastor of a small Presbyterian church think about while in a room full of Presbyterian pastors in the midst of a debate?...
Keep ReadingAre things getting better? Worse? About the same? And what does that mean for how we live as God's people?...
Keep ReadingHow do those with citizenship in heaven pray for an earthly nation?...
Keep ReadingHow long should we pray for something? Until we receive an answer. An old prayer request list on the church computer helped me understand that....
Keep ReadingWhat do we do when we hear that popular holiday traditions are connected with paganism? ...
Keep ReadingBehind the choices we make are a set of values. Letting worldly values often leads us down a path of exhaustion. Jesus challenges us to choose a different path....
Keep ReadingWe live in a culture that encourages us to be busy. At the root of that tendency is a false belief that our worth comes from how we spend our time. The Sabbath rest challenges this idol in our hearts....
Keep ReadingPart 1 in a 3-part series on our culture's obsession with staying busy - what that means to our hearts and how Scripture calls us to rebel against it....
Keep ReadingScripture warns us against being divisive while also warning us to clearly distinguish between true faith and falsehood. When does our need to draw lines become unhealthy?...
Keep ReadingWe live in an age where we each possess more things than most people in history ever have. Why doesn't it make us happy? It is important to remember that contentment has very little to do with how much you possess....
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