The Problem In a recent Facebook post, a Bible scholar friend of mine noted I have often found the less a person really knows, the more “obvious” they find the meaning of many disputed passages. Those most zealous to stick the Bible to others are often those who actually know the least about the Bible.…
7 Ways Football Discipled Me I had the privilege of playing varsity football for the Climax-Scotts Panthers in high school under the leadership of Kevin Langs. Five years before I started on varsity, we didn’t have enough players to complete a football season, four years before our record was 0-9, but the year I graduated…
Colossians 3:15 “And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.” When something or someone rules, all must fall in alignment under its authority. I’ve been daily encouraging a friend and his wife going through chemotherapy. Today my encouragement was to allow the…
I just got the music going for a funeral visitation. The man’s death was unexpected and the family is feeling the rug pulled out from underneath them. As I got back to my office I returned a call to another family whose world was turned upside down by a routine checkup gone awry. Testing positive…
Listen Read Thursday morning is prayer time for our church staff. Before praying for the needs of the congregation, we share other things on our hearts. We couldn’t help but shed tears over the tragedy of Amanda Grace Blackburn’s death and I found myself scribbling some words on my Connections Report. This is what it…