Posts tagged “Value”
Lipstick and a toilet brush
A high school principal was frustrated by the repeated lipstick graffiti on the girls’ bathroom mirrors. One day she asked a group of girls…
DEBT: A four-letter word
Debt can make you do spiritually dumb things. Debt causes stress, affecting your relationships and your waistline. Debt causes fights over spending habits. Debt…
Jesus is worthy of the center spot
Is Jesus at the center of your life today? Or do you need to take care of many other things before you can get…
God is worth it
Every advertisement in the world has the same goal—to convince you that _________ is worthy. The word worthy essentially means “worth it,” which is…
Why do we always confess our sins?
Most people like to think positive thoughts and be surrounded by positive people. If you’ve been to a church recently, perhaps you’ve wondered why…
Take a census
King David got in trouble when he took a census of his people. The census itself was not wrong, but David’s motivations were. The…
.1% happy
If you don’t think being happy is hard, listen to the words of tenth-century ruler Abd al-Rahman III: “I have now reigned above fifty…
Treasure time
It is interesting how many of the verbs that apply to money also apply to time. You can spend time. You can waste time….
The most important thing about you
The theologian A. W. Tozer famously said, “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us”…
Better than a second chance
In the past, it was easy for me to feed into my fears about entering the public ministry, especially since serving God’s people was…
Hoping for an apocalypse
It’s early January, and the official rules for bloggers state that I must write about resolutions. (That’s 100% accurate, but I’d prefer that you…
God doesn’t mind
Of the many things I love about Jesus’ mother, near the top of the list are the lyrics to her famous song: “My spirit…