From Questions, Two Applications
This morning I was out for a drive at sunrise. On the horizon was a peachish, orange circle. As I looked at it with the clouds around it and wistfully spread in front it I was surprised...surprised that I was looking at it...it was the sun after all. Or was it? I wasn't sure which …
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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 …
The Reforming Raker 