Good Morning Friends,    Having great faith enables us to stop worrying about ourselves which then frees us to look out for the interests of those around us. There are plenty of people who need saving in this world. Great faith enables us to stop worrying about our own status before God and start … Continue reading How Is Your Faith In Christ’s Authority Forming Your Love For Others? →

 Good Morning Friends,    Today's parable is about lost things but is also true about people who are spiritually lost as well. Here we find that it is best to respond to people who are lost with the same or greater effort that we would exert as if searching for things of value…and discover in the effort that … Continue reading Have You Found Christ’s Celebrated Love In Your Personal Mission? →

 Good Morning Friends,  Using our freedom as Christians for selfish gain and benefit places our faith on shifting sand and not the rock-hard foundation of obedience to Christ's New Covenant. Things do not just happen. Even with fruit trees, the garden must be tended. It takes the work of people who are intentional about outcomes … Continue reading Are You Paying Attention To Loving Jesus In A Way That Is Obedient To Your Calling? →

   Good Morning Friends,  Growing up as children we learn that there are rewards and punishments in life that were related to the timing of things…chores…homework. And then some things we had to wait for as we might expect, like Christmas and the coming of age. In the process I learned a sense of what … Continue reading Do You Trust God’s Perfect Timing? →

   Good Morning Friends,    Today's scripture from Corinthians are the words of Paul and not Jesus. Sure, they are inspired, but after 2000 years, the grounds for his advice have not materialized…at least not in the way we might at first think. Paul is being completely honest in his belief, for at the heart … Continue reading What Is The Condition Of Our Heart? →

   Good Morning Friends,    Paul rebuked the Corinthian Christians for trusting secular sources in rectify grievances among themselves. He claimed the Church is uniquely fitted to properly rectify personal grievances because Christians are qualified thru their selfless loving concern and wisdom. But then Paul argued for his own case to be addressed by the … Continue reading Who Is Best Qualified To Handle Grievances? →

   Good Morning Friends,     There is a difference between church growth and church health…community growth and community health. And the distinction comes to roost in the church and community when we make allowances for sin and the gossip about it that often exasperates the problem when it is weaponized with hate. Today's texts focus … Continue reading Are You Fully Enjoying The Gifts of God? →

    Good Morning Friends,     In Colossae there was a church. The saints met in the home of a man named Philemon, who was a convert of Paul's on some earlier occasion. Apparently, Philemon was well-to-do, for his home was large enough to accommodate the church assemblies, and he was a slave owner. Herein lies … Continue reading Are We Committed To Christian Ethics As Disciples Of Christ? →

     Good Morning Friends,      Some argue that Jesus came to initiate a New Covenant, not to improve the Old Covenant. Jesus came to give us new life, not to change our old life. And to some extent that is true. Life with Christ is not like putting patches on an old, tattered garment – … Continue reading How Do We Balance The Need For Both Religion And Spirituality In An Ever-Changing Culture? →

 Good Morning Friends,    The most amazing thing in the Bible… and there are a lot… maybe even more powerful than the mystery of the resurrection… more spectacular than the miracles of Moses… more exciting that Peter catching a boatload of fish is the totally unexpected but amazingly merciful actions of Christ. It seems foolish … Continue reading What Incredible Growth Would Come To Our Culture If We Would Not Give In To Fear And Loathing? →