Posts tagged “Bible”
Keep the party going
Is there a party in your future? A graduation, wedding, anniversary, or retirement? Do you know what makes a party successful? Planning, people, some…
Praying against evil
I was having a conversation with a group of strangers when things started getting weird. The woman next to me said all sorts of…
If things are going well
If things are going well in this season of your spiritual life, I want to praise God with you. And I want to quote…
The Word is life
Somewhere in Somalia, Christians risk their lives to read the Bible. After sunset, a brave disciple retrieves a hidden Bible from a cave, sneaks…
The Word is Spirit
Sometimes I like to think about the connection between eternal treasure, the words of the Bible, and the work of the Spirit. In the…
The Word is a sword
My friend Ben realized he had forgotten his Bible when we were a state and a half away from home on the way to…
The Word is a seed
I told Ricardo, one of my soccer teammates, about a Bible app that people at my church loved. A year later he said, “Mike,…
Guardrails
Over a decade ago, I heard a brilliant teaching on the need for adding rules to the Bible. If that sounds bad, it wasn’t….
Dispel our doubts
Fill in the blank to describe this well-known Bible character: ________ Thomas. I bet you got it: Doubting Thomas. He wasn’t there that first…
Spiritual food
What is the most unique thing you have ever eaten? Let me take you to the island of Antigua. I was there on a…
My truth? Maybe not …
I have a love/hate relationship with my heart. I love it because, by God’s grace, it has a lot of Scripture stored up in…
My truth? Maybe!
Have you heard phrases like “be true to yourself,” “live your truth,” or simply, “my truth”? They seem to be the most popular doctrine…