Step Away

32 Some were shouting one thing and some another, because the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had come together. (Acts 19:32 CSB) I have, for the most part, stopped watching the news. I still try to keep up with what is going on, but I just do not subject … Read more

Reality & Proof

1 Now faith is the reality[a] of what is hoped for, the proof[b] of what is not seen. (Hebrews 11:1 CSB) Reality and proof are two things we seem to be having a problem with these days. Reality is something that everyone wants to have based upon their own interpretation. And when reality is skewed, truth is … Read more

Trust & Dependence

8 “Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing me!” “How do we rob you?” you ask. “By not making the payments of the tenth and the contributions. (Malachi 3:8 CSB) God needs nothing from us. But He knows that we need much from Him. He also knows that we need to both display an sign … Read more

The Counselor

16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor[a] to be with you forever. 17 He is the Spirit of truth. The world is unable to receive him because it doesn’t see him or know him. But you do know him, because he remains with you and will be[b] in you. (John 14:16-17 CSB) Yesterday we spoke … Read more

The Whetstone

17 Iron sharpens iron,and one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17 CSB) I always have some form of knife on me. Typically as part of a Leatherman multi-tool, but it has been a part of my every day carry since I was a wee boy growing up in small Texas towns. It is a tool and … Read more