From Questions, Two Applications
Conversation with friends Several years ago while I was studying for the ministry I met with a couple of older and more experienced pastors to run some questions by them. I do not remember what those questions were but somehow we ended up on the topic of the millennium. This part of theology was so …
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What gift have you been give at Christmas or on your birthday that took your breath away? Maybe it is a handful of gifts which stand out above the rest. No, nothing lasts forever, but I would venture to guess that at least one or a few of those gifts lasted awhile or have had …
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Photo by Jonny Swaleson Unsplash Just an hour ago I sat down with a cup of coffee to do my morning devotions and out of no where I knew what I needed to blog about. There was no split in the clouds and a light shining down on me as a I read the Bible. However, my …
Ok...so yes that title was used as 'click bait'. I come clean. Yet it is more than that. If it did in fact operate as click bait that was in part because it is one of the most popular questions Christians ask with regard to the Bible and "End Times Theology". However, I have another …
A mentor of mine once told me that "variety is the spice of life." Although it did not originate with him, it was new to me...and boy did I need it. He was using this proverb to help in guiding how I preached. My mentor wanted to see me diversify my sermon presentation in how …
I am a planner. When I go to bed at night I know what my morning will hold when I get up (unless the LORD return or he takes me to be with him). With the good and the bad I do not like the uncertainty of an unplanned day. To be perfectly honest my …
When you walk into a room at night and need light what do you do? Unless you are living off of the grid you flip a switch. You send electricity to the light so that it lights up. An energy is sent to the dorment lightbulb so as to make it function as it was …
Photo by marianne boson Unsplash I have always had a mentality that could be expressed in the childhood phrase: “says who??” Those are two classic words of a young child trying to determine the authority behind the instructions given them. Now this certainly got me into trouble... and still does. Yet just the same, from little kids …
Before I was married or even knew who Hannah was I began to write letters to my future wife. I would write these letters on holidays like Christmas or when I would travel. In the moment it was a way for me to share the moment with my future bride although she was not present. …
Why ask the question: For whom did Jesus die? Is it important and helpful to the Christian life or is it splitting hairs? I remember a friend once telling me about a time he prayed with some mutual friends of ours, one of which had recently been introduced to questions like this: Did God choose …
The Reforming Raker 