Abba I believe we should get a more complete view of what the word ‘father’ entails. We know that it originated from the heavenly Father. Since his attributes are infinite, it would be a fruitless exercise to say we would just copy all of his. Adam was given the privilege to name everything. He called […]
Impacting others This morning, I had a fairly lengthy conversation with an older man who grew up in the church but turned away as an adult. He has never returned. I see him a few days a week for a brief time, and about a year ago he started asking me to share a scripture […]
Scriptures Paul began this with a reminder. He said “brothers and sisters, of the gospel that I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.” You will notice in verses 3 and 4 […]
Have a blessed day This weekend I was invited to speak to 30+ men/dads at the Church at Briargate in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It was the kickoff for their annual Rally addressing the Abiding Fathers’ curriculum they would be studying this year. My role was to provide an overview of the study. During the day of the […]
Finding worth Why is it important to tell someone, “I love you”, or to hear it from someone? Could it be that in a fallen, sinful world we tend to not think well of ourselves; that we are somehow dirty, unattractive, unlovable, whatever? Why do you think social media is such an attraction to young people especially? […]
Delight Psalm 1 is so appropriate for all of the Psalms. It sets everything in the proper order, beginning with, “Blessed is the man who…” and then lists three negatives in verse 1 alone. But then he comes to verse 2 where the key word is delight. I would ask, do you delight in God’s […]
A father’s love It has been said that the fruit of the Spirit is love, and the seven attributes of that love are…joy, peace, patience, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. That is one way to interpret Galatians 5.22-23. Same might be said about the attributes of a father’s love for his children and family. In […]
God’s covenant promise In the midst of God bringing judgment on Israel for its horrible disobedience, he always gives them the hope of his future covenant blessing. If you simply read these verses based on nature alone, you would miss God’s covenant promise. Everywhere in scripture you can find God’s prophecy and promises which are […]
“Follow me” One of my favorite hymns is Lift High the Cross. It is a 19th century English Christian hymn. It was written in 1887 by George Kitchin and revised in 1916 by Michael R. Newbolt. It is based on Matthew 16:24. ‘Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and […]
Fishers of men I never was much of a fisherman, in fact, I would consider myself a poor fisherman. When you don’t ever catch anything, you soon reach this conclusion. Jesus, most likely would not have chosen me to be one of his 12 disciples as I would not have been out there in the […]