Donald Driver starred for the Green Bay Packers for 14 years though he was not always at the top of his game. Growing up in Houston he was familiar with crime, drugs and being chased by the police. He became very skilled at stealing cars as a teenager. He said ...
Read More »Our Hope: The Words We Speak
Jesus said, ‘Out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.’ Matthew 12:34 (NIV) Have you ever spoken a word, or perhaps more, and immediately wished you could take it back? Or spoken something in all honesty, but when it came out of your mouth it did not come ...
Read More »Luke Warm or Rearing To Go?
So, because you are lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of My mouth! Revelation 3:16 Jesus has good reason when informing the people to avoid being lukewarm when relating to Him. Some synonyms of lukewarm are: tepid, blase’, bored, indifferent, mundane, sick of and uninterested. Would ...
Read More »The Weight of the World at Christmas
I bet you didn’t expect to find an intersection between Greek mythology and Christ–did you? For that matter, would expect to see a connection between the chaos of politics and the peace of Christmas? The iconic Christmas passage, other than Luke 2, is doubtless Isaiah 9:6: For to us a ...
Read More »Checkup Time For Your Heart, Emotions and Thinking Powers!
Have you considered your heart lately? How about your emotions and your thinking powers? Like a physical checkup with your doctor, it can be tempting to put off a spiritual checkup to see what is going on inside. But just as it can be dangerous to put off a physical ...
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