Might be Useful
Many movies that become popular start with the person who later becomes the hero being unpopular, wimpy, nerdy, but passionate. Passion at its root meaning speaks of pain. Their passion is both in their ideals, which they …
Category: Discipleship
How’s Your Glow?
When Moses left the presence of Yahweh by leaving the tent of meeting, he terrorized people he encountered by glowing. It became such a problem that he started putting a veil over his face so they couldn’t …
Bullets Kill People
Paul, while lamenting about his unconverted behavior in Romans 7, stated twice, “It is no longer I who do it…” speaking of sin. He was swamped with sin, but he wasn’t sinning. John stated that “If we …
The Better Response
We get in trouble. We respond by wanting to see Yahweh’s power. We get in trouble. We respond by wanting to know Yahweh’s ways. One of those is much better than the other…
Who Are You?
Your identity can be expressed in two ways: your relationships and your work. My name is not my identity, even if it describes me perfectly. My father and mother, my spouse, my children, my friends; these are …
Working Hard
I have come to believe that the hardest working people in the earth are those who have rights and those who have jealousy. When I live in a place where I must judge every event based on …
A Death Has Taken Place
Now the Messiah has appeared, high priest of the good things that have come. In the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands (that is, not of this creation), He entered the holy of holies …
This, Too, Shall Pass
This phrase is a Persian adage that can be good news or bad. If my leg is healing from a compound fracture, it would be good for me to remind myself that the pain and immobility are …
Stupid on Purpose
We all do stupid things by accident. Ideas float in and out of our minds constantly. Our environments attempt to provoke us with events and pictures and words and fears, hoping we will let them master us …
Weakness and Wickedness
Wicker is a style of furniture that requires twisting green stems of plants into woven shapes that, when dry and hardened, are strong. The wick of a candle is a twisted piece of material that burns slowly …