"Joy to the world! The Lord is come: let earth receive her King! Let every heart prepare him room and heaven and nature sing." I gotta be honest, when I look around during this Holiday Season, I don't see much…
Category: Spiritual Life
The Light
"Jesus is the light of the world." The truth is most of us have heard and said this so much it is just a cliché with little meaning or conviction. The strength of this statement, its profundity cannot actually be…
Uruguay
I just got back a few hours ago from a missions trip to Uruguay. It was a phenomenal trip with God doing great things. I had planned to post while we were there, but the internet at the Bible school…
True Mission Statement
Seth Godin recently wrote on his blog a post entitled "What if your slogan is true?". In it he writes: Slogans never change anything.... Underneath the slogan, perhaps, is a story.... A slogan might be evidence that you have a…
Just do it
We all know where that slogan comes from. "Just do it". It was one of the most successful advertising campaigns in history and ending up defining a corporation. It's a good motto. It's a good one for the church. We…
4 Values of Success
There are so many sources available that claim to have the key to success. There is no shortage of books, seminars, podcasts, webinars, etc promoting ways for you and I to be more successful. Of course, "success" is somewhat relative…
Identity
There are a lot of people who are searching for their own identity. They search in material things. They search in alcohol: in parties: in drugs: in their job: in abilities: in hobbies: in knowledge: on and on it goes…
Worship Wars
A friend of mine, Matt Anderson, recently sent this as part of his weekly email entitled Matt Chat. This is actually part 4, but it stands alone very well. I asked his permission to post it here and he graciously…
The parable of the tenants 2
In yesterday's post we looked at an overview of the parable of the tenants from Matthew 21. (read the parable here) The religious community of Jesus' day firmly believed they were superior to those around them. They despised the Romans.…
The parable of the tenants
In Matthew 21:33-46 (read passage here) we find the "Parable of the Tenants" or the "The Story of the Greedy Farmhands" depending on your translation. Again in this parable we have an image of God as owner and ruler. But…
Motives and obedience
Why we do something is truly more important in the grand scheme of things than what we actually do. In these three parables in Matthew 21 & 22 we see Jesus making a statement about the religious community of the…
Parable of the two sons
As we are walking through three parables Jesus taught on His last day of public ministry we start with the parable of the two sons. All three of these parables we are looking at this week have a common thread.…
Passion Week
Today is Palm Sunday. The day Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey to the songs and cheers of a jubilant crowd who thought He was going to drive out Rome and reestablish Israel as a mighty kingdom. The day marked…
