Recently, I’ve been craving Skyline chili. When my wife was pregnant, she craved KFC mashed potatoes. For a while, I was craving Wendy’s bacon-blue burgers. And I always, always crave Mountain Dew! White Castle even got creative enough to make a “crave case” which holds 30 sliders…perfect to satisfy a craving for sliders.
The definition of [...]
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What do you crave?
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Live in Such a Way
So, the name of this blog is “Run in Such a Way”. This comes from 1 Corinthians 9:24, which calls us to run in such a way as to get the prize. To constantly remember our own Christian race and seek to have transformed minds, lives and hearts.
Do you not know that in a race [...]
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Are You Nearsighted or Farsighted?
I’m not sure which is worse…to be nearsighted or farsighted. If you could only chose one, which would you choose? Would you rather see things up close with great crispness and clarity, or see things far away very, very clearly?
If we can’t see the things up close, we may have trouble with some [...]
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What Time Is It?
We all come upon situations where someone is causing pain to themselves, someone else or God Himself. It is sometimes VERY hard to know what our role should be. When we should openly oppose them and when it is time to forgive and comfort them?
This is the issue Paul had with someone in [...]
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Temporary Resident
There are some parts of Scripture that are somewhat vague. There are concepts and practices described in the Word that are difficult to interpret in today’s culture. For Christians living many, many years after the Bible was written, we sometimes have to be able to interpret things in the context in which they were written.
But [...]
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I’m with you completely!
The Lone Ranger had Tonto. There is nothing like having a friend by your side. Someone that will fight for you (though they sometimes may fight with you). Someone that will do everything in their power to make you succeed. Someone that believes in you enough to trust you to lead them.
Saul’s son Jonathan had [...]
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Little or Much?
Luke 7:47 interrupted my quiet little world this morning. It is part of Jesus’ reply to a Pharisee that was complaining about the overwhelming honor a sinful woman paid to Jesus. The complaint? That Jesus would allow such a sinful woman to even touch Him. Jesus explained very simply the difference between the Pharisee’s reaction [...]
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