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The Flood… what it means for me this very moment.

As I have been planning for this teaching series I have been deep into science. Science is not my first love (hahaha). But as usual, preparation for teaching always challenges me and always changes me. Last week we laid the groundwork for this series The Flood. The groundwork is pretty straight forward. God gave us the writings of Genesis in the Old Covenant as history. History is all about names, dates, times, events. Genesis gives us this basic framework. Its...

CAUTION: Look His Way Before Stepping Into The Street

Sobering Thoughts: Don’t get caught in the middle of the street with the crowd. We are saved by faith alone. But real faith never stays alone… for long. Because the companion of Real Faith is Real Change… Real Change happens because someone has Really been Following the Way, Jesus. And Following The Way… always leads to God’s Spirit changing us from the inside out. If I say I am a Christian… and there is no change taking place… then I...

On Growing Up…

On growing up… this is what you need to know. My father left this life in 2011. Our relationship was up and down… but only for me. From my father’s perspective, it was up. From my father’s perspective, we were best friends. My perspective dealt with my emotions, my processing of events, my feelings. My perspective created the up and down aspects of our relationship (of which he was unaware). I was often uneasy in his presence. I was often...