Author: Steve

I love to study the Bible and I love to engage with others in learning. I had been privileged to do this on a regular basis through church ministry and through part-time teaching at a local Bible colleges. Helping individuals learn to feed themselves through their own study of God’s Word is joy-giving to me. Influencing groups to do life and church from a biblically grounded, theologically faithful perspective is my passion.
Wisdom

Wisdom

Keeping Sex in Its Place "Just as fire only brings warmth when contained in the fireplace, and devastation when allowed to burn where it chooses, sex that is not contained in marriage brings devastation to individuals, families, and communities. "How can we promote the higher purpose of sex? "First, we can teach our young men …

Resources

Resolving Everyday Conflict–free audiobook

Free audiobook from ChristianAudio.com Ken Sande, author of Peace Maker, the best book I personally have read on biblical conflict resolution has extracted some of the key principles from Peace Maker and released them in a readable short (107 pages) book for anyone. I still recommend the fuller Peace Maker, but you can't go wrong …

Current Issues, Resources, Theology

Why–“newer isn’t always truer”

This is a good reminder for those studying Scripture and those reading to grow in their theological understanding. Thanks to Justin Talyor   J. I. Packer describing the heretical spirit of our age, which holds that: the newer is the truer, only what is recent is decent, every shift of ground is a step forward, …

Musings

Hard working or Workaholic–what’s the motivation

(Perhaps I should entitle this post–a Post to self) Some people do the minimum they can do at work to get by and other seem to be the first in and last out. There is an old apherism that says, "If you want something done find a busy person." When hiring we tend to look …

Spiritual Formation, Worship

By Faith in Christ I Walk with God

By faith in Christ I walk with God, With Heav’n, my journey’s end, in view; Supported by His staff and rod, My road is safe and pleasant too. I travel through a desert wide Where many round me blindly stray; But He vouchsafes to be my Guide, And will not let me miss my way. …