2 Questions I want to challenge you with two very simple questions. It won’t take long, and I am sure you will pass the test with flying colors. Most tests are given for the purpose of revealing one’s knowledge, maybe allowing them to get a job, advance to the next level or receive a reward […]
Proverbs 29:18 “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” “If your family does not find themselves in a great story, they will be captured by a lesser one.” Jeremy Pryor – Family Revision Fathers, What does a man do when he’s stuck at home with no sports to watch and there are little minions […]
Foundation problems The lady who just bought the house next to us required a foundation company to correct and stabilize her foundation. Minor, but yet necessary. Foundations are a real problem in parts of the Dallas area. Seems the soil has never fully stabilized, so special designs are required. I have heard of house foundations […]
A patriarch Have you ever stopped to really consider this statement, and its implications? House here implies those individuals in Joshua’s family, even his extended family. The people of Israel were at a crossroads and Joshua was at the end of his long and victorious life. He is challenging them as they move forward without […]
The prophecy of Jesus Can you even imagine what the nation of Israel thought when Isaiah proclaimed that the Lord Himself would accomplish this? In and of itself it’s an oxymoron. A virgin is going to conceive and have a child. Not only that, it was not to be just any son, it was to be the […]
Grace Alone Assurance…is what I believe everyone desires in so many areas of their lives. For instance; that my brakes will work at a critical moment, I will have enough money to last me for my lifetime, that the food I buy is safe, the doctor’s advice will work, the job I have will last […]
Faith vs. works The age-old debate. Faith vs. works! “But someone will say, you have faith, and I have works. Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works (Jas. 2 .18). We know we are saved by grace through faith alone, not of works. So, why the argument? […]
Persecution Joseph’s own and older brothers had made it possible that he ended up being sold into slavery in Egypt. Not even Joseph could have imagined the enormity of his future. Except for some good promotions, he was mostly persecuted, at least for a period of time. Egypt and the known world were headed into […]
An invitation What an invitation to an intimate relationship. Here, Jesus is speaking to the churches. In my early thirties I was a religious Christian. I seemed to work very hard at keeping the scales balanced with my good deeds to outweigh my bad deeds. Not a very joyous lifestyle. Through the working of the […]
Is that really what I saw? So many times we see things others don’t or vice versa. Some may look at the same object or scene and see entirely different images or circumstances. Art, especially abstract, can create all forms of visual thoughts to many different observers. What I see may make no sense to […]