Standing Around
Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, Hebrews 12:1 NASB Easily entangles – When I was a child, this verse frightened me….
ISRAEL in October has openings
The Israel teaching tour scheduled for October 2015 has three openings due to cancellations. If you were considering coming to Israel with Bob Gorelik and me, please take advantage of these open spots. All of the information about the tour can be found here. Skip
Known by Synonyms
One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord and to meditate in His temple. Psalm 27:4 NASB Meditate – David wishes to complete two actions in the full…
At the Edge of the World
Today my wife and I talked about the sadness I have been experiencing. She spoke about her concern. “How can I not be sad when my own husband is struggling so much?” she asked. I replied, “What I know is that God is dealing with wounds in my life, wounds that have been a part…
Home Away
One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord and to meditate in His temple. Psalm 27:4 NASB One thing – Asaph makes it clear that being in the…
Do You Think . . . ? (rewind with additions)
But for me, the nearness of God is good to me; I have made the Lord YHWH my refuge that I may declare Your works. Psalm 73:28 (my translation) God/ Lord/ YHWH – In the movie, Man on Fire, Denzel Washington plays a has-been black-ops expert who struggles with suicide over his past actions. He…
The Power of the Paradigm
I’ve been in Singapore for the last few days visiting my dear friend and collaborator, John Samuel. Some years ago John contacted me regarding the research he had collected about innate characteristics in human behavior. The result of that fortuitous encounter was the book Living in Your Zone and the subsequent refinement and expansion of…
Heart of Stone
The Lord said, “Because they have forsaken My law which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice nor walked according to it, but have walked after the stubbornness of their heart and after the Baals, as their fathers taught them,” Jeremiah 9:13-14 NASB Stubbornness – Obstinate – “refusing to change one’s opinion.”…
Dangerous
Mike Yaconelli authored a book about the dangerous God, a God who does unpredictable things in amazing ways. YHVH elicits awe and surprise. Our experience of Him cannot be adequately reflected in the tamed theologies we construct or the dogmas we espouse. Keith Killen offers this summary of Yaconelli’s work, pointed out just how far…
