Human Effort

2 Corinthians 3:1 | Credentialism is Killing the Church

The world is changing. The post covid world is being shaped before our lives as we live through this historic event. My trust in institutions, experts, scientists, and authorities has been completely broken. Between the media war on the former president and […]

2 Corinthians Christmas

2 Corinthians 2:14 | The Smell of Victory

One of the best parts of the fall holidays, Thanksgiving and Christmas, are the smells. The smells trigger wonderful memories for me. I love the pine smell of a Christmas tree. I love the fire place smoke. I love the smells of […]

2 Corinthians

2 Corinthians 1:20 | Yes to God’s Glory

The Bible is full of promises and most readers have a few promises that they have held onto in their lives. “God your word promises this to be true and I want to trust you for that promise” is a prayer I […]

1 Corinthians

1 Corinthians 16:7 | Who Controls Your Day?

How do you plan your day, week, month? My wife keeps a physical calendar and she writes on the calendar all the events and schedules that we have upcoming. She likes the physical and visual view of that calendar. For work I […]

Titus

Titus 3:9 | Christ > Race

What if you were related to a King from a faraway country or maybe your family happened to be related to someone even more awesome like Lebron James who is the King of basketball? Ancestry and relations that hold great, famous, and […]

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1 Corinthians 15:55 | Death to Life

When we think of life and death we think being born and then one day dying thus life and then death. But the Christian world view is the opposite. Death and then life. Before life there is only death. The distinction is […]

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1 Corinthians 14:33 | Chaos Church

Church services are a formal structure. They start a certain time. They end at a certain time. There is an order to the flow with prayer, music, speakers, scripture reading, and greetings all taking the place assigned by the leaders who organized […]

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1 Corinthians 13:13 | Why God?

The mantra of the church in modern times is that God is love. Jesus loves. This view is taken to such extents that now the question arises… If God is love, how can he allow such evil in this world? And we […]

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1 Corinthians 12:13 | One Promise Kept

Christians are a diverse group of people. Some people are Christians because they follow the rules Jesus marked out for life. Some people are Christians because culturally they grew up in those traditions of church and morals. But a true Christian is […]

Genesis

Genesis 3:1 | Yes He Said That

We all think we are smart until that moment we are hustled and tricked into doing something stupid. Anyone ever send money to some Nigerian prince? Anyone ever pay too much for a junk car? To my shame I was once tricked […]