Today’s reading is Matthew 25: 14-30 Today we read the parable of the talents. These slaves are given talents (sums of money worth more than 15 years worth of wages for a laborer) by their master. What will they do … Continue reading
Today’s reading is 1 Kings 19: 1-10 The next few weeks, we are going to do something a little different. Over the course of this year, we are slowly reading through different keys passages of scripture (A Gospel, Acts, Romans, … Continue reading
Today’s reading is Luke 12:22-40 Today we are given three really good pieces of advice by Jesus: do not worry, do not be afraid, be ready. First, we see Jesus telling us do not worry about the things of this world, … Continue reading
Today’s reading is Luke 8: 26-39 The reading from today is one of my favorite stories in all the Bible. We see here that Jesus sails across the Sea of Galilee and when He gets there, He meets a man, … Continue reading
This past Saturday, my daughter and the Germantown High School Band competed for a state title. They came in second, and I was very proud of her, and of them. I didn’t get to see many of other the bands … Continue reading
Our faith can be shaken when we go through difficult times. All of us have been there, and if you have not yet been there, trust me, at some point, you will. When things that are challenging come, it is … Continue reading
I am by my nature a very anxious person. Very anxious. I worry, a lot. I worry about everything I worry about me. My church. My family. My children. Everything. I sometimes in my mind invent things to worry about, … Continue reading
My friend and mentor Sam Morris always reminds those of us that he teaches that the most dramatic effect of sin is death. Everything in the Law comes back to atoning for death. Death the one great cloud that hangs … Continue reading
CS Lewis once said, “Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.” It takes courage to get up in the morning and go outside. It take courage every day of … Continue reading
One of the ways that fear gets to us is that it makes us take our eyes off of what really matters. Fear has a way of making us look down, not look up. When we look down, we are … Continue reading
