Month: July 2010

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God's #1 Will

Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him. 1 John 5:14-15
We must ask “according to His will”. Continue reading →

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The Watch, The Key, A Fish, And Serpent

Over the weekend Linda and I were in the Dallas area at Lindsey and Jeff’s.
Both of us forgot to bring our cell phone chargers, which wasn’t a big deal for me since Lindsey, Jeff, and I all have iPhones and I just used theirs. Continue reading →

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The Same Ol' Thing

I read Exodus 24 the other night and saw some things I don’t remember reading.
Now the glory of the LORD rested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And on the seventh day He called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud. The sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel. Ex 24:16-17 Continue reading →

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The Struggle (part 1)

I normally don’t watch Oprah, but happened to yesterday when Country artist Chely Wright was interviewed.
You may recall she recently admitted that she was gay.
She said that as a little girl she heard the preacher’s message that drunkenness, adultery, lying, and homosexuality was wrong and not allowed. Continue reading →

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Separation

Much has been said about the “separation of church and state” which is not written, as such, in our founding documents.
It comes from a letter that President Thomas Jefferson wrote to the Danbury Baptist Association of Connecticut.
Here is a portion of that letter: Continue reading →

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Righteousness Exalts A Nation

Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. Prov 14:34
When I was young I learned and recited such patriotic writings and songs like the Preamble to the Constitution, America (My Country Tis of Thee), The Gettysburg Address, The Star Spangled Banner, and the Pledge of Allegiance.
Though I may have recited these things, they remained mostly meaningless to me. Continue reading →