Have you ever learned a foreign language? I chose French in junior high, but then I switched to Spanish during young adulthood in college. The key when learning a new language is practice, practice, practice! This is also true for public speaking. The first thing my public speaking professor urged us to do was practice. […]
Pandemic
Y’all, there’s a pandemic! No, I’m not referring to that physical virus spreading around. I’m talking about a spiritual plague in our local churches—that of false conversion and apostasy. We have people sitting on our pews every Sunday are who are in false conversion, and they don’t even know it! Likewise, we have people […]
“Reckless” Love?
You cannot turn on a radio today and not hear “Reckless Love” by Cory Asbury at some point. It’s a dramatic song that speaks to the emotions, making you feel good and loved. A couple years ago, I even had our youth singing it before crowds. But when we begin to rely too much on […]
Chameleon or Butterfly?
I taught this in my Sunday Bible school class some years ago. It’s good to reflect on, determining in which category you fit. We look at two creatures and how they correlate to our walk with Christ. The chameleon and the butterfly. The chameleon is the type of person who proclaims the name of Christ […]
Com-
In our youth Bible study we’ve been discussing your personal relationship with Christ. Nobody can make that relationship for you; that is a covenant between you and God alone through Jesus Christ. This is something I think all youth—adolescents and teens—need to fully understand, because it can be so easy to follow the crowd, to […]
Once Saved, Always Saved?
Greetings, dear family in Christ. As always, I come with His love, exhorting, teaching, correcting, and rebuking with mercy in the name of Jesus Christ, only passing along the lessons I’ve learned and feel the call to share. I pray over each of you that you will approach these entries with teachable hearts, eager to […]
Death of Discretion
Before social media blasted onto the internet scene, we were a society that was able to keep our personal lives well-locked behind closed doors—unless you were the gossip at social gatherings. Today, however, you cannot go one minute without seeing what someone has eaten, where they are going, where they’ve been, what their spouse or […]
Jude
It was laid on my heart to study the book of Jude. Yes, Jude—you know, that short book of the New Testament just before Revelation. Many may often overlook this book, because it may not be as “popular” as Genesis or Revelation or others in between, but it packs a spiritual punch we should not […]
Respect
A meme by Motherhood. org on Facebook states, “If you have children, remember this: When you finish with them, the rest of the world has to live with them, so please teach them respect.” Respect is a seemingly absent practice. It is often misunderstood for basic manners. Respect is more than just please and thank […]
Conditioned
We recently vacationed in a town with several extensive bridges over large bodies of water. I am one who is bothered by crossing bridges in a vehicle. Not necessarily a fear, but not exactly comfortable. However, after being in this town for a few days, traveling these bridges frequently, I began to acclimate. I no […]