I’ve read the story of Jesus calling the first disciples many times in my life. I’ve preached on it a good many times in my ministry. It’s a story that I feel like I know pretty well. It reads in Luke 5: 8-11 like this: But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at [...]
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Do Not Be Afraid
Posted in Reflections, tagged Calling, Faith, Fear, Jesus, Life on January 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
If the Devil Can’t Make You Bad
Posted in Reflections, tagged Busy, Faith, Wonder on January 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
In our lives, we are all pretty busy. Each of us. We all have a lot going on, lots to do, lots happening. It sort of just is what it is. We don’t have a lot of time to stop moving. We just go. And we just do. We stay busy. Staying so busy can [...]
Going through the Motions of Religion
Posted in Reflections, tagged Faith, Heart, Jesus, Justice, Mercy, Religion on December 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Normally I reflect upon some daily suggested scriptures that can be found in our weekly Salt and Light bulletin at Asbury. Today, though, in my own personal devotional time, I read a verse from Matthew 23 that really resonated with me. I wanted to talk a litte about it. Sorry for going off the board! [...]
When, Not If
Posted in Reflections, tagged Faith, Fire, Hope, Trial, Water on December 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
When we pass through the waters, with God with us, we will not drown. When we pass through fires, with God with us, we shall not be consumed. When. Not if. Isaiah 43:1-3 is one of my favorite passages of scripture. Listen to what it says: But now thus says the Lord, he who created [...]
Why We Rejoice in Trials
Posted in Reflections, tagged Faith, Heaven, Rejoice, Testing, Trials on November 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
There is a theme that imerges all across scripture. We see it in the life of the Israelites, we see it early in Jesus’ ministry, we see it in Paul’s writings, and we see it today in 1 Peter. This theme is this – when you are tested, when there are trials and troubles, when [...]
A Few Thoughts on an Election Day
Posted in Reflections, tagged Election Day, Faith, God, Trust on November 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’m writing this on November 8, 2011. It’s an election day here in Mississippi. If you’re not in Mississippi reading this, sorry about it. But maybe these thoughts will be helpful the next time you get to vote! Every election day brings a couple of thoughts to my mind. The first is that voting is [...]
The One Thing I Do Know
Posted in Reflections, tagged Doubt, Faith, God's Love, Questions, Salvation on November 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
What do you truly and totally understand? Well, I guess it depends on what we are talking about, huh? I don’t understand how at this point, my Rebels can lose this many SEC games in a row, but that’s not important in the grand scheme of things. What is important in the grand scheme is [...]
The Words
Posted in Reflections, tagged Conversation, Faith, Witnessing on October 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
You ever been somewhere and know that God is calling you to say something, but you didn’t know what? You ever know that you know that you know God is calling you to go talk to someone? Maybe to share your faith? Maybe to give a word of encouragement. Maybe just to go and say [...]
The Unbaptized Mind Podcast
Posted in Asbury, Church, Podcasts, tagged Faith, Fear, Trust, Unbaptized Arm on October 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The sermon podcast for Sunday, October 16, 2011 is up on Asbury Church’s website. This is the third sermon in our series “The Unbaptized Arm.” This sermon deals with “The Unbaptized Mind.” It deals with the fears that we all face, the fears of our head, and the fears of our heart. The texts for this [...]
God is Proud of You
Posted in Reflections, tagged Believe, Faith, God, Proud on October 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The best sermon I’ve heard in my life was taken from Hebrews 11:13-16. It preached at Presbyterian church in Jackson, MS, I think roughly in 1997. I was visiting this church with a friend that worshiped there. And I’ll never forget the sermon that was preached that Sunday. The preacher was dealing with Hebrews 11, a [...]
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