Posted in Commentaries, Opinions, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged salt and light on January 31, 2017| Leave a Comment »
For those of us who count ourselves as “Christians”, it might be good to remember that we are called to be as “salt and light”, which is significantly different than being salty, and like lightning (i.e. striking things and setting them aflame).
Posted in Commentaries, Opinions, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged fruit of the Spirit, good theology, sacraments, sound doctrine, the image of Christ on January 19, 2017| 1 Comment »
I think it is noteworthy that the Apostle Paul doesn’t point to good theology, or sound doctrine, or partaking of the sacraments, or celebrating the Jewish feast days, or righteous acts, or spiritual giftedness, or even the fulfillment of the “Great Commission”, as the fruit of walking with God’s Spirit. Instead he says that it is the character of Christ (e.g. love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control) being revealed in us (Gal. 5:22). This reaffirms his teaching that those who belong to Christ are destined to be conformed to His image (Rom. 8:29), and that it is ultimately Christ being revealed within us that is the hope of glory (Col. 1:27).
Posted in Commentaries, Opinions, Thought for the Day / Quotes, Word Pictures, tagged convince, refuse to believe on December 30, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Trying to convince someone of something they refuse to believe is akin to throwing rocks at a closed door. All it does is damage the doorway.
Posted in Christmas, Commentaries, Opinions, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged C.S. Lewis, family gatherings, holiday season, opening old wounds on December 27, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Despite all the negative things that can be said about the holiday season, there is still a wonderful opportunity for encouragement, healing, and renewal whenever families gather together. Sadly, this potential generally goes untapped in favor of opening old wounds, indulging our appetites, and maxing out our credit cards. It reminds me of something C.S. Lewis observed, “We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea.”
Posted in Commentaries, Opinions, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged character, integrity, success in life, trophies, victory, winning, winning percentage on December 3, 2016| Leave a Comment »
There is a significant difference between getting the win and attaining victory. If the price of the win is our character, integrity and maybe even a bit of our humanity, I would suggest that we’ve missed “victory” all together. At the end of our lives, our winning percentage, or the number of trophies on our shelf, will not be the ultimate measure of our success. While we can rationalize that the ends somehow justify the means, the means we chose to gain those ends says everything about who we really are.
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes on November 23, 2016| 1 Comment »
I’ve noticed that it is on the mornings when I wake up with a little energy that I try to power through the day in my own strength, and that it is in those times when I feel like I have nothing in the tank that I reach out for God’s hand. So this morning, as I consider the meagerness of what I’ve found in my basket, I bring it before the Lord and pray that He would multiply these few loaves and fishes into whatever this day requires. Indeed, when I am weak, He is strong.
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Thought for the Day – Hope
Posted in Commentaries, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged disappointmen, hope, the power of hope on February 21, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Hope can be both a powerful and precarious thing. When invested in the right things, it can be life sustaining; but when invested in the wrong things, it can become a seed for crushing disappointment.Rate this:
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