Good Morning Friends, Today is Martin Luther King Day and we celebrate his birth, not his death back in April of 1968. And even though it took twenty years after Reverend King’s death for him to be recognized in this way, and the reality that much of what he had hoped for has not fully … Continue reading Do We Have A Peaceful Heart For God’s Dreams Of Justice To Be Our Own?
Month: January 2025
Is The Paraclete Prodding You Through Scripture To Practice A Practical Lifestyle Supporting The Cause Of The King?
Good Morning Friends, Acts of faith are often viewed as being less rational and sound than cold analytical actions. But there is a place for both. Even our language and the changing meaning of words tends to diminish or even denigrate actions taken born out of our religious heritage. Interacting respectfully with those of different … Continue reading Is The Paraclete Prodding You Through Scripture To Practice A Practical Lifestyle Supporting The Cause Of The King?
What Matters Most About Getting To Heaven?
Good Morning Friends, In a society that continues to overvalue progress and personal achievement, even our spiritual lives could become performance oriented. We think about levels and phases and stages, but in the life of the Spirit these measurements are not as important as the process in our goal of heaven for ourselves and those … Continue reading What Matters Most About Getting To Heaven?
How Will We Respond To God’s Guidance Motivating Us To Be Obedient To The Spirit Of Love?
Good Morning Friends, In the past we have contemplated what it was like to hear from God and today we further explore the problems we have when we do not hear from God as set forth in the book of Samuel. Then we explore the problems of not feeling in the life of a leper … Continue reading How Will We Respond To God’s Guidance Motivating Us To Be Obedient To The Spirit Of Love?
Do We Believe That God Is Speaking Through Us When We Share The Gospel?
Good Morning Friends, The combined mystery of Jesus being fully God and fully Man is perhaps the greatest mystery in the Bible. Conveying to others the ability of Christ to help us, to run to our cries for help, when we and others are in distress is the task of every Christian. And whether the … Continue reading Do We Believe That God Is Speaking Through Us When We Share The Gospel?
Who Are We That God Should Favor Our House?
Good Morning Friends, When we invite Jesus to be in our midst in worship and home life some amazing things can happen. Things like receiving new insights and knowledge and healthier emotions. When we bring our passions and gifts to the Lord, we can glorify God. But there is a challenge to the human condition. … Continue reading Who Are We That God Should Favor Our House?
Are We Really Thirsty For An Anointing With The Water Of Life?
Good Morning Friends, The lectionary selections are rather lengthy given the importance, depth, and extent of effect of the Baptism of Jesus. The children’s chat was about water and baptism on Sunday, but the sermon was on suffering and death as was yesterday’s devotional. I understand from a friend of mine that Karl Barth suggests that … Continue reading Are We Really Thirsty For An Anointing With The Water Of Life?
What Do We Gain By Suffering And Dying?
Good Morning Friends, When I was seven years old my older sister, who was a High School Cheerleader, brought the team over to our ranch-style home in southern Illinois. It was after one of their practices and they all plopped themselves in front of the fireplace on the floor. They were complaining about all sorts … Continue reading What Do We Gain By Suffering And Dying?
What Is The Honest Potential Of A Christian Leader?
Good Morning Friends, We all know the arrival of the New Year means it's time for a celebration and the making of New Year’s resolutions. All that kind of passed me by this year though we are having a choir party later today. Part of making it a bit more somber is the Jimmy Carter … Continue reading What Is The Honest Potential Of A Christian Leader?
When Did You First Feel An Anointing With God’s Leadership Of Love?
Good Morning Friends, I asked my three-year-old grandsons to tell me about God. One said, “God made everything. God understands pain. My pain. He wants us to pray and go to church.” The younger of the two simply said. “God is in me.” They did not say that God is love but somehow it … Continue reading When Did You First Feel An Anointing With God’s Leadership Of Love?
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