As I was growing up in Texas and Kansas I couldn’t have imagined that anyone would ever call me one of those “stewards of the mysteries of God“. In fact, if someone had told me that’s what I might be someday, I probably would would have responded with a very intellectual sounding “huh?”. But here I am, and I can tell you I haven’t … Read the rest…
Three Reasons to Become a Fool If you think you’re pretty smart…if you think you’re fairly wise…you might wanna reconsider…it might be in your own eyes. That’s why I’d like to share three reasons to become a fool. Then, you might see yourself (and the world) a little differently. And that’s a good thing. Yeah, foolishness isn’t the typical characteristic most experts would tell … Read the rest…
Laying the foundation is the first step to building a house, but… …it’s only one of several steps in the whole process. If you stopped there, you wouldn’t have much of a house. Sticking with the house-building analogy, let me put it like this…Let’s say John Q. Smith has a home-building company. Each home starts by laying the foundation. Then, John hires… some framers to … Read the rest…
The love of God is better than mine because His love doesn’t have time or physical limits. And He sees us fully…body, soul, and spirit. Mine does. I will only last, in this world, for a relatively short time. My physical body will wind down, give out, and expire. So, despite what social media and marketing experts say…don’t follow me…well, not in the philosophical … Read the rest…
Surely that’s happened to you. You learn some awesome information or a valuable lesson, and you say to yourself, “If only I knew then what I know now.” Of course, we say that…thinking we would have or could have avoided all those mistakes if we only knew then what we know now. And, of course, that’s not true. We might have avoided a mistake … Read the rest…
If I tried to nudge you toward Jesus with slick talk, three dollar words, and quick flurries of facts, I might succeed at getting you to think I was an excellent speaker. But I’d fail at what should be my goal… …the demonstration of the power of God. Let’s look at this way. Let’s say I told you a rags-to-riches story of a guy … Read the rest…
I am not glorious. In fact, you might even say I’m one of the “foolish things of the world“. Here’s how it lays out. I’m not wise, mighty, or noble…not as the world sees wise, mighty, and noble anyway. In fact, the more I stand up and speak the truth of the Bible, the more foolish I seem to most people in the world. … Read the rest…
