Behold, the Lamb

Sometimes our paths are cloudy and we cant see what is ahead of us. And sometimes the ground trembles. It is in these times that the words o...

I had this written about me the other day, "I honestly believe that you have a heart that truly seeks to honor God! ...and I couldn...

These sermons give a good beginning background in understanding the gifts of the Holy Spirit, however these sermons are only a basic underst...

Have you ever thought about the fact that if you had never seen a tree or a plant and saw a seed for the first time, in all your imagination...

I have been reading So Much More by the Botkin sisters. It has been challenging me on what it means to be a father, a brother, and what it ...

I am not writing this to convict other people. I am writing this to convict myself, and ask God to teach me how to love and to preach the Go...

I would have to call my self a “charismatic”. I believe that the gifts of the Holy Spirit are still relevant for, today, and I long to see t...

One of the things my pastor says often is that he wants us to be an unshockable people, where we come together and love each other despite a...

What R.C. Ryle wrote in my previous post is a hard saying, but it is a hard saying with much comfort. God's demand of holiness is essent...

We Must Be Holy R.C. Ryle, 1816-1900 The righteousness which Jesus Christ brought in must be our only confidence,—the blood of at...

If you seek to impress people, you create an expectation you cannot live up to. But if you lay down you life and point to Christ boasting on...

This is a man that understands that he does not uphold himself or has anything to boast in, but boasts in and depends only in Christ.

A letter from the guys at my church to the girls at my church for valentines: Women Theologians Ladies, As men, we can read the passages suc...

I watch as the leaves flew up; I smiled and chased the flury, Following the path of disheveled leaves. In a moment, all fell still . . . sil...

"The Gospel is the only faith system I know that leads you to expect that people who don't believe like you believe will be better ...

To my sister, What are you looking for in a husband? My beloved sister, stop and hear this counsel from a godly mother. These words were wri...

"Death". . . When we use this word to describe spiritual death, I used to feel that the word "death" used here was symbo...

"In each of my friends there is something that only some other friend can fully bring out. By myself I am not large enough to call the...

Someone mentioned that I had been writing a lot about Courtship, thinking that it something that was on my mind a lot right now. Its more o...

Sometimes when we are hurt by others, even if we have done nothing wrong, we discover that the person that needs to change is ourselves.

"If we imagine that happiness is to be found by furious pursuit, we will end up in a rage at the unsatisfying results. If, on the other...

Just a quick note, I don't feel like I have written this very well. I hope to someday come back and rewrite it and better explain. I hav...

"In you, O LORD, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame;" I wrote in the last post, that sometimes what God has for us is ...

A friend of mine made this statement last night, "God did not tell us to seek a purpose for our life, that is something we have made up...

Official first blog of the year :) This year or so has been a year of learning that you can't run away from pain. The other day, I had s...

Question: Can men and women have healthy friendships? The scripture calls women and men into a relationship with each other under Christ. Pa...

Here is a link on some of my thoughts on pursuing a wife: Courting

“And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, ‘My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet no...

A friend of mine came to me and we were talking about how sometimes I get frustrated, not so much because people disagree with me, but becau...

Love . . . Let it bring us to our knees. L ORD , in loving others, may I lock the door behind me and throw away the key and commit to never ...

Love. . . Lord, as I love others, may I lock the door behind me and may you send angles to guard the door. G

A letter written to a friend July 21, 2005 I wrote this in my journal right before you asked me to pray for you last night: "This is...

There was a little talk, tonight about saying, "I love you" to someone you just started dating. Now, I don't mind saying this ...

When I was overseas, I was told what to expect about the culture I was entering. Although it was helpful, what I heard was from the perspect...

When you look at this world from a humanistic perspective it is like mimicking a masterful music piece that is meant to be played by an orch...

Jesus said, "Deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow me." Do I see my life in those words or am I seeking a comfortable pilg...

I think sometimes, when God speaks to us we try to fill in the gaps. I have learned that that is not how it works. He gives us his word and ...

A few of the men made this for the women in my church this Friday: Daughters of the King , (written by Landon Lewis) For lack of a better wo...

There she stood clothed, yet naked Before Him who looked into her heart. Fire and judgment stirred relentlessly And searched . . . She look...

She ran through the leaves Feeling the mud in her bare little toes, A little hanging on the eaves of her dress. She laughed as the rain soak...

Heidelberg Catechism Question 1 . What is thy only comfort in life and death? Answer: That I with body and soul, both in life and death, a...

Ephesians 5:25-30 “25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, 26so that He might sanctif...

1 Timothy 2:1-6 1First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men, 2for kin...

I was talking with someone a while back about an issue that we disagreed on in the direction for a something. I told him that in the directi...