Posts tagged “Bible”
Behave like a creationist
If you want to avoid a physical, emotional, and spiritual crash, start at the beginning of the Bible. In the very first half of…
Do not be afraid of the future
When it comes to the future, it’s like we are wearing blindfolds. We want a sign that everything will be okay. Does God give…
Jesus’ trip
Growing up, traveling to our cottage took FOREVER. Okay, it only took four hours, but in kid time that was an eternity. Suddenly we…
Give what you can
The story of Jesus and the generous but poor widow in Luke 21:1-4 is worth your time. Jesus has a different way of determining…
Just give it!
One of the biggest struggles that my congregation has is keeping its generous commitments. Whenever we open the Bible and preach on giving, people…
Faultless
For about 15 years of my life, I was a rabid collector of sports cards. Baseball cards, football cards, basketball cards, and hockey cards…
Death is not the end
I live about a block away from one of the largest and most respected medical systems in Wisconsin. It’s where I held my dad’s…
No coincidence. Just providence.
Why are you here? Out of all the things you could be doing or words you could be reading, why are you here right…
The potential is in the seed
At any given moment, there are two versions of you: the version that is and the version that could be. There was a commercial…
Love letters
A few years after we moved into our one hundred-year-old home, I was cleaning out the highest, most-hard-to-reach shelf in our bedroom closet when…
“Pastor, do you keep these commandments?”
One evening after teaching a classroom of teenagers about sex, marriage, and living together, a young man raised his hand and asked, “Pastor Mike,…
Refreshed
A strange thing happens when you comfort someone else with God’s Word: you get comforted. An unexpected thing happens when you encourage someone else…