Archive for the ‘Biblical Thoughts’ Category
Yesterday at I was at Starbucks at 6am to meet some guys from the church and the College. We’re reading the Bible together and praying—a small group in public—it’s really a lot of fun. Anyways, we read from Mark 3 about the time that Jesus appointed those He would later […]
Read More...A few days ago, billionaire Mark Cuban unveiled a radical stimulus proposal on his blog. He asked people to publicly post a business plan that could be profitable within 90 days and he would consider funding it—up to no maximum amount. The catch is that he may or may not […]
Read More...I was just talking to a friend of mine about Luke 24 & Acts 1—the place where Jesus tells His disciples not to leave Jerusalem but to wait. What an incredibly difficult proposition! They had been given a mission (a great one at that) and they must have been pumped […]
Read More...Yesterday I read, in Luke 18, the story of the Blind man Jesus encountered on the way to Jericho. Mark 10 tells us that his name was Bartimaeus. As Jesus was walking by the place where Bart begged, he shouted out to Jesus, “have mercy on me” and the crowd—those […]
Read More...Then Saul dressed David in his own (armor). David fastened on Saul’s sword over the tunic and tried walking around because he was not used to them. “I cannot go in these because I am not used to them”, so he took them off. (1 Samuel 17:38-39) Do you have […]
Read More...I was recently made aware of some hurtful actions that were attributed to me. I’m usually fairly self-aware, but though I knew that the necessary actions I was taking were not at all pleasant for the person on the other side, I had no idea of the level of pain […]
Read More...Today my family celebrated Thanksgiving well in Newberg, Oregon. Newberg is a sleepy little College town about 10 miles outside of the urban area of Portland. It was 12 members of my wife’s family, plus Al. Al is in his early 50’s and doesn’t have family around, so he hung […]
Read More...My wife Deborah wrote the following in our weekly email to our congregation. Though we are taking off today for Oregon to spend Thanksgiving in the crisp fall, it’s a good reminder that the season is not about our circumstance. Enjoy: You know, being an Oregon girl, this weather is […]
Read More...This morning we had a conversation in church about spiritual gifts. I find that often believers either ignore them, abuse them, or misunderstand them. But God tells us that He doesn’t want us to be ingorant about them (1 Corinthians 12:1) …He wants us to understand. The Bible says there […]
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