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Maundy Thursday

“When evening came, Jesus arrived with the Twelve.  While they were reclining at the table eating, he said, “I tell you the truth, one of you will betray me—one who is eating with me.” They were saddened, and one by one they said to him, “Surely not I?” “It is one of the Twelve,” he […]

Problems Under the Sun

“Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Better to approach in obedience than to offer the sacrifice as fools do, for they ignorantly do wrong.” (Ecclesiastes 5:1) In Ecclesiastes 4, Solomon points out several challenges we face “under the sun:” oppression, greed, and loneliness. In fact, the book to this point […]

It’s All in the Timing

“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven…” (Ecclesiastes 3:1) In Ecclesiastes 3, Solomon, “the Searcher,” discusses the “Law of Timing.” He tells us there exists an appointed time for everything “under heaven (see Eccles. 3:1-8).” Then he gives this great list, birth, death, planting, reaping, weeping, laughing, and […]

Protocols and Principles

“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.” (Ecclesiastes 3:11) In Ecclesiastes 3, Solomon “the Searcher” investigates some of the rules and principles in life. He mentions one here. The system we’re in […]

The Search for Fulfillment

“I thought in my heart, ‘Come now, I will test you with pleasure to find out what is good.’ But that also proved to be meaningless.” (Ecclesiastes 2:1) Last week we began a study together of Solomon’s famous book of Ecclesiastes. Solomon, the searcher, is undertaking the quest to find the meaning of life. He […]

Vanity!

“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.” (Ecclesiastes 1:2, NKJV) 527 years ago, on February 7, 1497, a Dominican priest in Florence, Italy preached his listeners into a frenzy. Sharing a message of holiness, the crowds brought anything and everything they thought might tempt them to sin: playing cards, books, […]

The Gap

“I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land, so that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.” (Ezekiel 22:30) This verse is illustrative of a challenge seen in the church today. There’s an all-out assault on masculinity […]

Being Available to Hear God

“I do not call you servants anymore, because a servant doesn’t know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything I have heard from my Father.” (John 15:15) When I think of God communicating with us, I think of this verse. One of the keys […]

God’s Voice: Spiritual Gifts

“For you can all prophesy… so that everyone may be instructed and encouraged.” (1 Corinthians 14:31) In this blog and my latest sermon series, we’ve been discussing ways God communicates with us. He reveals himself through his creation, through his word, through our experiences, and through both supernatural and natural means. But you might be […]

God’s Voice: The Natural

“In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days…” (Acts 2:17–18) My father was […]

God’s Supernatural Voice

“Let us walk with decency, as in the daytime: not in carousing and drunkenness; not in sexual impurity and promiscuity; not in quarreling and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to gratify its desires.” (Romans 13:13–14) Monica loved her son and prayed every day for his […]

God’s Voice in Experience

“For God does speak—now one way, now another— though man may not perceive it.” (Job 33:14) I shared my testimony last week about the church I grew up in and how, after reading the Bible, I was excited to do the “stuff” that the Bible characters did. One of the warnings an older, well-meaning Christian […]

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