Pray with our Persecuted Brothers and Sisters In September I traveled to Jos, Nigeria with fellow TLI Faculty members, Jim Seiler, and Jon and Francie Byron, to support Journey Nigeria. I had the privilege to lead Lectio Divina each morning for the Alumni group, a prayer where we listen to scripture read aloud in community […]
Beloved – Part 2
Sometimes I get really frustrated. I’ll find some nugget, something really good, something I know is valuable. I’ll hold it awhile, relishing it, recognizing this is good and worthy of further consideration – like the sermon from Charles Spurgeon I referenced in my “Beloved” blog post in April. Then I’ll put it down, get back […]
Beloved
Are you beloved? Beloved. Not a word you hear very often. Recently this word has stuck out to me. Usually I gloss right over this word, “beloved.” It seems antiquated; I normally ignore it. Now this word hits me, it stands out, I notice it. It almost interrupts me. Now when I hear or […]
The Great Omission?
Matthew 28:19-20 King James Version (KJV) 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the […]
The Ember Burns Brighter – A New Hope
Editors Note: This post is Part 2 of
An Ember Yet Burns – and the book of Jeremiah
I love this time of year. The hubbub of the holidays are over. The pace slows down a little after Christmas. People relax more around the beginning of a new year. It is a little more quiet than usual, and I get to spend time doing what I love to do most… Think. I like […]
An In-between Summer, Part 3
I?ve had this strange ongoing vision-thing running through my head recently. It is kind of like a movie, only with more dimension and very detailed. I?m watching it and almost participating in it, but not quite.?I?m more like a spectator?watching myself in this vision-thing. It?s a strange experience ? almost tangible. This vision-thing, what is […]
