I had the privilege Sunday night to hear Pastor Eric Crichton share on praying scripture. Pastor Crichton was the second pastor of Calvary Church and continues to serve and attend Calvary. Example Not only was what he shared wonderful (more below) but what really struck and impacted me was his example. He was so excited …
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.
Praying Scripture (part 1)
I’ve been involved in teaching and organizing a series entitles, Praying Scripture or Using Scripture in personal prayer. Praying Scripture is the use of Scripture, God’s Word to stimulate praying either through making the very words of Scripture ours, or by agreeing wholeheartedly with the thoughts. This can be divided into two parts: Praying Scripture–using …
His Mercies are New Every Morning
Amazing grace. Unmerited mercy. It truly is amazing that God’s grace and mercy don’t have limits. Can you imaging what it would be like if God only had a set amount of grace? And what a weight of despair or hopelessness would overcome you if God’s mercy was only given out on certain days or …
Psalms of David
Last week I was pleasantly surprised. Actually, more than just pleasantly–I was stirred. We attend the Psalms of David performance at the Living Waters Theater (run by Sight and Sound). It was Friday evening after a long week and not only was I tiered; my expectations for the show were low. But I was sure …
Psalm 47
This past week I taught our men’s ministry Bible study. The topic is Living as Real Men in a Godless Society. Our aim is to lay a biblical foundation that will enable men to examine the influence of our culture and rather than allowing our culture to squeeze us, choosing to allow the Bible to …
The Ultimate Gift
I rarely recommend a movie–everyone’s tastes are different and there are not that many movies worth recommending. But . . . I would like to recommend the movie, The Ultimate Gift, based on the novel by the same name written by Jim Stovall. I don’t want to “blow the ending” but the story is about …
Lukewarm
In writing devotionals this week, I was taking a look at the seven churches addressed in book of Revelation. John was very systematic in addressing the churches. He followed this pattern: Address or Greeting Descriptive title of the Lord from the vision of chapter 1 Commendation Criticism, complaint, or condemnation Instruction or Warning Exhortation Promise …