Our Hope

Photo Credit: David Paul Ohmer via Compfight cc This has been a summer of funerals for me.  Yesterday was the fifth funeral I either attended or was involved in.  Of the five deceased, I was quite close to three of them.  One was like a father.  One was like a mother.  The other was a … Continue reading Our Hope

Can We Please Stop This?

Photo Credit: srose15 via Compfight cc I'm sure I have written about this elsewhere, but I am continually frustrated over the church's ability to make itself look foolish in the eyes of the world.  I'm not talking about the foolishness that is perceived as a result of genuinely following the Lord Jesus.  What I am … Continue reading Can We Please Stop This?

How Do We Do It? 3

Photo Credit: sbhland via Compfight cc Lately we have been seeking to answer the question of how we walk in love.  We have discussed what agape love looks like.  We talked about loving in deed and in truth.  In this post we are going to look at a very familiar story to see what love … Continue reading How Do We Do It? 3

How Do We Do It? 2

Photo Credit: [Blackriver Productions] via Compfight cc The apostle John lays out some no-nonsense direction on how to walk in love in 1st John 3:16 - 18.  16 By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 17 But if … Continue reading How Do We Do It? 2