MILLSTONES ON OUR NECKS

Jesus set the stage to make a very strong comment to His disciples. The Lord was never afraid of making strong statements about the consequences of our unrepented sin. He still makes these comments today amidst the current attempts to give us permission to live with...
OUT OF THEIR ELEMENT

OUT OF THEIR ELEMENT

We don’t do well when we leave the environment of the Spirit and attempt to live as believers in a world of compromise. That journey will put our spiritual lives in a place of jeopardy. A few days ago, after several days of steady rain, worms began to crawl out of the...

SEVERED LIVES

Yesterday, Jan and I went to see the movie, Sound of Freedom. The movie deals with human sex trafficking. It reveals a sick reality that prowls our streets and consumes the innocent among us. The victims of this trafficking are our children. A few days ago, I was...
VIOLATING INNOCENCE

VIOLATING INNOCENCE

Yesterday, while walking through a city park, I saw a newborn baby deer. I’ve never seen such a small fawn. It was the size of a rabbit. It was so vulnerable. God’s creation has a built-in desire to protect what is innocent. Humans not so much. Today we have drag...

THERE IS A DIFFERENCE

While all forms of sin will separate us from God, when it comes to sexual sin, there is a difference. Paul wrote, “Run away from sexual sin! No other sin so clearly affects the body as this one does” (I Corinthians 6:18).  The next time someone tells you that sexual...