Acknowledging Sin: A Severe Mercy
“O Lord, I have heard Your speech and was afraid. O Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years! In the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy. Habakkuk 3:2 Acknowledging sin is NOT a popular subject! Many non-liturgical protestant churches will seldom mention »
What does it take to change the world?
What does it take to change the world? It just takes one! You start with one life. One day at a time. Nate is a life that we had the privilege of working with at the PAYH. Nate is the story of someone who lived. And in life, we »
Transformative
“The King will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.’ Matthew 25:40 Treat my spouse as I would Jesus? Not going to happen! One has to wonder if we really believe these plain words. »
The Great Global Divide
The Super Bowl is in a few days, as if most of you need to be reminded. Two young men playing in the game for the Denver Broncos started out life in rugged and rough circumstances, and it is a wonder they made it to this point in their lives. »
Planting Seeds Of Hope
"And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year: 'Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown." And he replied: "Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the Hand of God. That shall be to you better »
Striking Oil, or Cultivating it?
“The foolish ones said to the wise. ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’ Matthew 25:8 When I was growing up, many people who owned land, either a small amount or large, were hoping liquid gold might be found underneath it. Oil wells sprouted up in »
Sticks and stones may break my bones…
Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me. We have all heard this rhyme. It is well intentioned. It is also wrong. The intention of the rhyme is that we should not respond physically to cruel things people say. It is hard to argue with »
Buried Treasure
“But the man who had received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money. Matthew 25:18 For nearly four centuries numerous adventurers and treasure seekers have searched for the buried gold and silver cache in the Sierra Madre Mountains of New Mexico. »
The Miserable Ones in 2014
“For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. Matthew 24:38-39 Les Miserables, translated the miserable, or »
Gift Bearers from the Nations
“It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring my salvation to the ends of the earth. Isaiah »
Is There A More Important Birth…or Death?
“When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, ‘Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.’" Luke 2:15 How differently, the God who truly is, executes His plans and purposes in contrast »
Waiting for Christ in the Midst of Paganism
“Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: ‘This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against, so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. And a sword will pierce your »
