Sensory Challenge for Present (Word of the Year 2023)
Sensory challenge - how can you experience 'present' by sight, sound, and touch? God makes us a gift by his ever-working Spirit.
Book Review: Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers
I feel the lack of examples and verses about how Christ overcame our sin leaves the believer in a pond of muck, namely our sin, with Christ sitting there with us. When, in fact what Christ’s heart led him to do was to pull us from the pond and establish us as his own.
Book Review: Good News of Great Joy by John Piper
This little devotional is full of valuable teachings and lessons for anyone.
Studying the Psalms: Lament
Psalms of lament offer an outstanding model for how we can approach God with our issues and stand firm in Him with the knowledge that he is trustworthy.
Our Experiences – What a Gift!
The gifts we receive from Christ in the time and place where we are are enormous!
Book Review: Open and Relational Theology by Thomas Jay Oord
A challenge to traditional theology.
Emotions: controlled or bottled up?
How do we control our emotions biblically? What do our emotions tell us? A guide from the psalms.
The Bible as One (Incomplete) Story
But the Bible was not written to tell stories so we could be more moral or more prepared, or more anything. It was written because God wants you for himself.
Present – a gift and/or now existing
Living in the now has indeed been a present to me. It has kept me from worrying or making lists and being concerned about things that have been too far away in time to do anything about.
Is anger a sin or not?
Is anger a sin? But God experiences anger, so how could it be sin? It isn’t. We need to experience anger to understand our emotions and deal with them maturely.
Book Review - Knowing God’s Truth by Jon Nielson
As an introductory text, the book gives a decent overview if the church that chooses to use it agrees with these teachings.
Verse Mapping - What It Is
What is verse mapping and how do you do it? It isn’t nearly as odd and school-like as it seems. Free verse mapping worksheets.
Present Poetry
Praise the Lord! For he is with us always. Our God is good and showers us with good gifts.
Book Review: Mysteries of the Messiah
For anyone who is looking for more details on the connections between the Old and New Testaments, this is an excellent resource.
Delight in God as He delights in you
Delight is found in both the Old Testament and the New Testament. We can affirm, God delights in his people. He delights in our obedience and calls on us to delight in him and his law.