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Humm

Sep 24, 2012 -

It’s a fairly regular scene at my house. With a six-year-old and a five-year-old, both with very strong opinions and ideas, it’s not at all uncommon to have one stomping off with a harumph to tattle about how the other just won’t play the right way. Of course, anyone who has ever witnessed a similar […]

Rejoice in the Lord

Sep 4, 2012 -

If there was anyone who had reason to rejoice in anything, spiritually speaking, it was Paul. This guy was amazing. He had the right lineage. He had the right tutelage. He had the right zeal. And after he was saved, he was almost immediately effective at arguing the truth and validity of Christianity. He was […]

Philippians 2

Aug 31, 2012 -

After St. Paul’s resolve – that he was more concerned about the Philippians’ joy than his own safety and/or comfort – and exhortation – that the Philippian believers should adopt the same attitude – I come to chapter two and find the word “joy” in verses 2 and 29 and “rejoice” in verses 17, 18, […]

you and your

Aug 29, 2012 -

Continuing on in Philippians 1, we arrive in verses 21-30. Springboarding from the discussion about the joy he finds in the knowledge that the gospel is being spread in spite – and because – of his imprisonment and other trials, St. Paul proclaims that “Christ will be highly honored in my body, whether by life […]

Christ is proclaimed

Aug 29, 2012 -

Once again, it has been a long time since I wrote. The busy-ness of summer compelled me to take a hiatus from writing, and so I worked on another reading plan in my personal devotions. But now that fall has come and the kids are back in school, I want to finish this word study […]

in my every prayer

May 2, 2012 -

It’s been a couple of weeks since I really worked on my word study of joy. There have been a number of reasons for this, but the primary cause was a detour through Revelation 2-3 as I spent a couple weeks in prayer and fasting over spiritual strongholds which need to be removed from my […]

Fruity

Apr 27, 2012 -

When I was in Bible college, I took a course on Biblical Greek. It was not required. I could have graduated without it (although, for the record, I would have then received a B.S. in Pastoral Ministry, which just didn’t seem like a great idea). And to be honest, I seriously contemplated not taking it […]

Because you are lukewarm

Apr 26, 2012 -

When I started this quest to locate and destroy strongholds in my life and the church, I thought it would be a quick thing. Now, more than two weeks later, I have identified the strongholds and started to attack them, but I have also begun to realize the enormity of the task. As I reach […]

Weakness

Apr 17, 2012 -

Of the seven churches to which Jesus wrote in Revelation 2-3, the congregation at Philadelphia is probably the only one that didn’t get what I would call a scolding. All the others were rebuked for at least one thing that they were doing. Okay, so maybe not Smyrna, which was dealing with persecution. All the […]

Hypocrisy stinks