You don’t bring a slingshot to a gunfight. I mean, you could…but you’d lose. It isn’t the right weapon. Thought it has the power to kill, it doesn’t match up to the power of an M-16. You could use a slingshot to kill a rabbit or break a bottle, but it won’t do much [...]
The Race
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 [...]
The Prize
Remember
Everyone wants to be remembered for something. Bing Crosby is remembered for singing “White Christmas”. Abraham Lincoln is remembered for ending slavery. Martin Luther is remembered for reforming the Christian understanding of salvation. David is remembered as being a man after God’s own heart.
Peter, one of Jesus’ original twelve, also wanted to be remembered [...]
The Race
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 [...]
The Prize
Generosity
David was called “a man after God’s own heart”. Though the exploits of David sometimes make it difficult to understand why, one example of that heart is shown near the end of 1 Samuel.
David and his men were chasing a band of Amalekites that had raided and destroyed the town where they were living. [...]
The Race
Are You Armed?
If you want to thrive in Honduras, you should probably learn Spanish. If you want to do well at basketball, it would be a good idea to practice dribbling. If you want to succeed at work, you should get trained. If you plan on fighting a battle, you’d better be armed.
As Saul’s army went to [...]
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Spiritual Maturity – Part 3
A transformed worldview is an important part of spiritual maturity. But it is not nearly enough. We all know people (including ourselves) that know a lot about God and the Bible that we would not label "spiritually mature". Why? What is the missing component?
The second level of transformation required in the race toward spiritual maturity [...]
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