Last summer some misguided and unrepentant stork dropped a 22-year-old prima donna aspiring hardcore rap superstar into my quiet solitary life.
Tag Archives: Walking in the Word
ACAD – Accepted: Isaiah 60
I will appoint Peace as your overseer and Righteousness as your taskmaster. Violence shall no more be heard in your land, devastation or destruction within your borders; you shall call your walls Salvation, and your gates Praise.
Devotional: Prayer for His People
Jesus didn’t ask God to take believers out of the world but instead to use them in the world. Because Jesus sends us into the world, we should not try to escape from the world, nor should we avoid all relationships with non-Christians. We are called to be salt and light (Matthew 5:13-16), and we are to do the work that God sent us to do. A follower of Christ becomes set apart through believing and obeying the Word of God.
ACAD – Rejection: 2 Kings 17
Hoshea Reigns over Israel In the twelfth year of King Ahaz of Judah, Hoshea son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Israel; he reigned nine years. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, yet not like the kings of Israel who were before him. King Shalmaneser of Assyria cameContinueContinue reading “ACAD – Rejection: 2 Kings 17”
The Hat
When a trip starts off with a quick hale of a taxi and a traffic free ride from East Harlem to JFK airport and a nearly unexisitent line at security check-in that allows time for a sit down breakfast before getting to the gate …. well this can only mean big things are going toContinueContinue reading “The Hat”
Sermon: Jesus Is Now – Jesus Is Unifier
by Glenn Barteau Notes: Sin does not define our value and our place with God. Grace is the thing that determines our value. I don’t want us to be a church that where it comes to temptation, we just get better at hiding. I want us to be a church that get better at overcomingContinueContinue reading “Sermon: Jesus Is Now – Jesus Is Unifier”
Cheap Words
Well, they’re native, so…. Over the last few weeks, I’ve had half a dozen or so conversations where some version of the phrase above was used to “explain” or set the table for an explanation of some undesirable situation or turn of events. Often, the conversations have been with Christians. Always, the comment was presented […]ContinueContinue reading “Cheap Words”
Love Anyway: Work in Progress
My heart may lead me wrong, but God won’t. He will always lead me back to where I need to be. A pure heart is better than good intentions.
Quote: …even as we are caught in a web…
…and as I slowly made my way home I understood that even as we are caught in a web of hurt and brokenness, we’re also in a web of healing and mercy. ~ Bryan Stevenson (from Just Mercy)
Sermon: THE END IS THE BEGINNING
Sermon: THE END IS THE BEGINNING
Those who want to save their lives will give up true life. But those who give up their lives for me and for the Good News will have true life. It is worthless to have the whole world if they lose their souls. They could never pay enough to buy back their souls. (Click link to listen.)
Harvest Life 