How Ahab and Jezebel outsmart us
Be blessed to see past strong deception and skillful misdirection, to recognize Ahab and Jezebel at work.
I’ll run
Mini-post, with a song for the road. "I'll run, I'll run. I'm gonna run this race to hear You say, 'Well done.'"
Profound forgiven-ness
“If my people who are called by my name humble themselves ... then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”
Before the face of God
An upstart named Elijah stood before Ahab, Israel’s king. Elijah had no credentials that would have impressed Ahab. First Kings 17:1 describes him simply as, “Elijah, who was from Tishbe…
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Mastering the language in which God speaks
Today, let’s consider the impossible – and utterly delightful – challenge of mastering the language in which God speaks. It’s a challenge crucial to living by the Spirit. (And also…
Mastering the language in which you write
Don't count this aspect of writing as less than spiritual - or anything less than crucial. Work hard to master the English language, depending on Christ's mighty power that works within you.
Miracle book: The Elijah Blessing
God gave me an impossible task, a delightful task, and he went before me to make the way.
These lithe, towering trees would dance wildly in the wind.
Cradled or caught?
What I learned from a bent tree - cradled, or caught, by another tree.
The no-leaven life
He who died in our behalf is risen. As we trust solely in his broken body and the new covenant in his blood, we too become alive in ways we could never otherwise hope to be.
“In the very center of this dreadful contest, so destructive to life and limb, stood this humble, little log-church, from which the great battle of Shiloh took its name.”
Shiloh
“In the very center of this dreadful contest, so destructive to life and limb, stood this humble, little log-church, from which the great battle of Shiloh took its name.” April…