Living Real

I read a verse the other day that has relly nailed me. I can't let it go. Or maybe it won't let me go. Joshua 9:14 falls right in the midst of the story of the children of Israel's entry into the Promised Land. They've seen Jericho fall in an astounding way. They've dealt with the [...]

So, in my last post, I mentioned that the idea of being a fisher of men confounds me. See, I remember going fishing with my folks down on good old Lake Tohopekaliga. It was nothing to get up on a Saturday morning before daylight and get in a boat at Scotty's Fish Camp to head [...]

Have you ever been just reading along in your Bible and come to a place where you stop and say, "WOW!"? I did that yesterday as I was reading through Deuteronomy 17. I've been familiar with the way Israel sought out a king like the nations around them had, but this floored me:

I love it when pastors do things out of the ordinary, when they just put themselves out there — no matter the cost. This past weekend, Granger Community Church in Granger, Indiana pastor, Mark Beeson, did just that. They leveraged technology, let people text questions to a moderator who then showed the questions on the [...]

For a long time, I've joked about how I like reading the Bible, except for that book of Numbers — that I'm not into math, so it's outside my scope of understanding. God's got such a great sense of humor, because He's planted me squarely there, and it's awesome! So, I'm feeling that I should [...]

In Philemon, Paul wrote a very personal letter about an escaped slave that “belonged” to Philemon. In this letter, Paul COULD demand that Philemon take his slave back without a harsh punishment, instead, he asks it as a favor. There are times when it is absolutely within our rights and authority to demand the right [...]