To be filled with Christ, we must empty ourselves. Chris Sligh is formerly of Half Past Forever and American Idol. httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9VD-wzMEUk
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.
Characteristics of a leader
There are many definition and descriptions of a leader. As I have been thinking about leading, leaders and leadership–particularly related to leadership transitions, I’ve come up with a few ideas. What I want to be as a leaders. What I want in someone who is leading me. A Leader. . . Inspires contentment (hope) Instills …
What God did/does for us through Jesus
I’m reading Jesus in Trinitarian Perspective by Fred Sanders and Klause Issler, so when I read this quote on Justin Taylors‘ blog is too good not to shar. I can’t resist reproducing one more quote from Packer’s Praying the Lord’s Prayer. It’s vintage Packer–Pauline in both its length and theology: By wisdom God found a way to justify …
Isaiah 45-46
Something fun and maybe helpful. I’m teaching Isaiah 45-46 tomorrow and as I was reviewing–I was trying to get the big picture again. So I pasted the text of Isaiah 45-46 into http://www.wordle.net.
Lead Courageously (Fear)
You have heard people say, real men don’t cry. Or real men are not afraid of anything.But neither of those is true. Fear: Is the emotion of alarm in reaction to a perceived danger or threat. The danger may be real (the shadow of a burglar, a rapidly approaching car) or it may be imaginary …
The Heart, part 3
(Review for Men’s Ministry Series: The Heart of a Man) We’ve looked at the reality of a corrupt heart. We’ve seen that what comes out in speech and action cannot be blamed on circumstances but is the fruit of internal motivations and desires that control our hearts. Going along with pride, we also must deal …
True Love
Heard this song for the first time yesterday. I was struck by the word–think of the passages httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3ZK5jHYuoU&feature=PlayList&p=1973B28D7D40FD99&playnext=1&index=41 True Love by Phil Wickham Come close listen to the story About a love more faithful than the morning The Father gave his only son just to save us The earth was shaking in the dark All …