Christians need to be counter-cultural. Not simply by voting or participating in the political process, but even more significant by living counter-culturally. What are the moral inclinations of our society? What philosophy is being propagated in our culture? How do the moral values of our society clash with the God-given values of the Bible? A …
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.
Drifting toward Holiness?
“People do not drift toward Holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, and delight in the Lord. We drift toward compromise and call it tolerance; we drift toward disobedience and call it freedom; we drift toward superstition and call it faith. We cherish the indiscipline of …
Details Matter
Have you ever heard someone say, “the devil is in the details”? Some people say it’s the inverse of, “God is in the details.” What is meant by “the devil is in the details? One definition I saw explained the phrase by saying, “small errors may add up to big trouble.” The “Random House Dictionary …
Wonderful new album
I pre-ordered Aaron Shust’s newest album, Whispered and Shouted. My whole family even likes it! So if you don’t know his music, let me post one of his best known songs.
Root canal, pain and lessons on relationship with God and others
It’s amazing how a little tooth can cause so much pain. For three days this week I was dealing with a toothache or rather a throbbing-wake me up in the middle of the night-can’t eat or drink-tooth pain. Thankfully, I have a wonderful dentist who was able to squeeze me in and quickly diagnosed that …
Orthodoxy, Othopathy and Orthopraxy
Two wonderful quotes to make you think. “to balance orthodoxy (right beliefs) and orthopathy (right affections) and orthopraxy (right actions). . . these are the three movements of the healthy, growing spiritual life. This balanced path of growth–changing the mind and heart in order to change the outward actions–keeps us from the deadly trap of …
Making Ripples
Saturday morning reading. Over the past couple of weeks my reading focus has been on theological issues and the book of Romans. So this morning for my Saturday morning reading, a change of pass. I received a free copy of a book in the mail this week. You know the kind of book I’m referring …