Years ago I came home from work exhausted and just didn’t feel like putting anything together for dinner for Caleb and I (mom was out of town). I ask him if he wanted to go back to town and grab a bite to eat. We decided on I-HOP because we
Month: May 2025
Biblical Studies
The Thief on the Cross
How you ever considered how the thief on the cross could fit into any main-line church theology today? The odds of him ever claiming salvation certainly would have been stacked against him. He never experienced baptism. He never experienced communion. He was never confirmed. He never experienced speaking in tongues.
Biblical Studies
The Tale of Two Seas – Life and Death From the Same Source
How many times have we gone to the back of our bibles and stared at the maps trying to imagine the bible stories playing out on them? I love to use them to get an idea of just how far it was when a story speaks of someone going from
Biblical Studies
The Tale of Two Seas – Life and Death From the Same Source
How many times have we gone to the back of our bibles and stared at the maps trying to imagine the bible stories playing out on them? I love to use them to get an idea of just how far it was when a story speaks of someone going from
Biblical Studies
The Staircase Before You
We all find moments of mental rumination imagining our lives in the likeness of admirable examples we notice in other men. We notice something special about their character, their communication style, their confidence, or some other facet of the way they carry and conduct themselves. Likewise, we may dream of a
Personal Experiences
The Sailboat Race Dream
Have you ever woke up from a dream and for a short time your consciously still there somewhat, yet you’re aware of your surroundings realizing you’re awake as well? It’s an awesome place to be when the dream was really meaningful and a time that you do what you can
Biblical Studies
Stand Firm – No Compromise – Set Apart
Romans 12:1-2 (NKJV) I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you
Biblical Studies
Speaking Beyond the Person to the Source
Do you have someone that you’re often around who has the uncanny ability to push your buttons? You know the buttons I’m referring to, the ones that create emotional responses in you that instantly steal the peace and calm you’re currently enjoying. This person seems to possess the uncanny skill
Biblical Studies
Rejoice in the Lord Always
Philippians 4:4 (NASB 2020) – Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice! I wonder how many times we’ve remembered that famous Bible verse, probably said it out loud as encouragement to another, not fully grasping the “backstory” of its origin. Paul is bound in a Roman prison
Self Development
Pure Gold Covered in Mud
Years ago, I read a brief article called “The Story of the Golden Buddha”. While reading, I noticed a beautiful analogy within that speaks to many of our lives today. Over three hundred years ago, the Burmese army planned an attack to invade Siam. The most amazing Buddha statue of