Second Edition: I have started editing posts from several years ago and reposting them. I am doing this for two reasons: (1) to make them more easily available and (2) to “spruce” them up a little. Enjoy! We all live one day at a time. We remember yesterday. We anticipate tomorrow. But we live today.… Read more

Second Edition: I have started editing posts from several years ago and reposting them. I am doing this for two reasons: (1) to make them more easily available and (2) to “spruce” them up a little. Enjoy! Why would someone do something that would make it impossible to please God? Who would want to do… Read more

Second Edition: I have started editing posts from several years ago and reposting them. I am doing this for two reasons: (1) to make them more easily available and (2) to “spruce” them up a little. Enjoy! What is the difference between a shepherd and a sheep herder? Background My wife and I had sheep… Read more

How Does a Person Come to God? Second Edition: I have started editing posts from several years ago and reposting them. I am doing this for two reasons: (1) to make them more easily available and (2) to “spruce” them up a little. Enjoy! From time to time, I see news articles of someone relating… Read more

Second Edition: I have started editing posts from several years ago and reposting them. I am doing this for two reasons: (1) to make them more easily available and (2) to “spruce” them up a little. Enjoy! (The complete passage is located at the end of the chapter) The Story Jesus taught in parables. One… Read more

Second Edition: I have started editing posts from several years ago and reposting them. I am doing this for two reasons: (1) to make them more easily available and (2) to “spruce” them up a little. Enjoy! In Psalm 23, the Psalmist, David, is speaking from a sheep’s perspective about his Shepherd: “The Lord is… Read more

Second Edition: I have started editing posts from several years ago and reposting them. I am doing this for two reasons: (1) to make them more easily available and (2) to “spruce” them up a little. Enjoy! (The complete passage is located at the end of the chapter) The Story This story takes place in… Read more

Second Edition: I have started editing posts from several years ago and reposting them. I am doing this for two reasons: (1) to make them more easily available and (2) to “spruce” them up a little. Enjoy! When I was deciding on a title, I had several alternative titles come to mind: Making Sense of… Read more

Second Edition: I have started editing posts from several years ago and reposting them. I am doing this for two reasons: (1) to make them more easily available and (2) to “spruce” them up a little. Enjoy! What is the difference between a shepherd and a sheep herder? Background My wife and I had sheep… Read more

Second Edition: I have started editing posts from several years ago and reposting them. I am doing this for two reasons: (1) to make them more easily available and (2) to “spruce” them up a little. Enjoy! (The complete passage is located at the end of the chapter) The Story Lazarus and his two sisters,… Read more

Second Edition: I have started editing posts from several years ago and reposting them. I am doing this for two reasons: (1) to make them more easily available and (2) to “spruce” them up a little. Enjoy! Love is a transaction. Someone gives love, and someone receives love. It is nonsense to think about the… Read more

Generally, when we use the word, hope, we believe something may or may not happen. For example, if I say, “I hope I catch some fish” when I am going fishing, I realize that I may catch some fish, but I may not catch any. However, when we see the word hope, in the Bible,… Read more

Second Edition: I have started editing posts from several years ago and reposting them. I am doing this for two reasons: (1) to make them more easily available and (2) to “spruce” them up a little. Enjoy! The Burning Bush There are many great stories about Moses, a baby in the rushes found by the… Read more

Second Edition: I have started editing posts from several years ago and reposting them. I am doing this for two reasons: (1) to make them more easily available and (2) to “spruce” them up a little. Enjoy! (The complete passage is located at the end of the chapter) The Story The story begins with Jesus… Read more

Second Edition: I have started editing posts from several years ago and reposting them. I am doing this for two reasons: (1) to make them more easily available and (2) to “spruce” them up a little. Enjoy! The Way Things Work Thing one: I have been re-reading Eugene Peterson’s Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places.… Read more

Second Edition: I have started editing posts from several years ago and reposting them. I am doing this for two reasons: (1) to make them more easily available and (2) to “spruce” them up a little. Enjoy! When you read the title, I am guessing your mind might have gone to the Lord’s declaration as… Read more

Second Edition: I have started editing posts from several years ago and reposting them. I am doing this for two reasons: (1) to make them more easily available and (2) to “spruce” them up a little. Enjoy! (The complete passage is located at the end of the chapter) Story This story takes place at night.… Read more

I conducted a word search for the word, think. As you would expect, the word appears many times. I selected verses that relate to the renewed mind of the born-again believer seeking to be an obedient follower of Jesus. Although most of the passages were familiar, I did not realize how many there were. I… Read more

Second Edition: I have started editing posts from several years ago and reposting them. I am doing this for two reasons: (1) to make them more easily available and (2) to “spruce” them up a little. Enjoy! My idea for this topic came while reading Dallas Willard’s Renovation of the Heart, and it triggered my… Read more

I published one big book and two little books. The big book is available in print and ebook formats. The little books are available in print, ebook, and audiobook formats. The big book: Adventures in Biblical Thinking –Second Edition (350 pages) Description Adventures in Biblical Thinking, Second Edition, is a compilation of previously published documents… Read more

                                              Hebrews 11:6 “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” Bottom Line Joy and Glory                                                      or                                       Sorrow and Torment Continuum All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’;… Read more

Second Edition: I have started editing posts from several years ago and reposting them. I am doing this for two reasons: (1) to make them more easily available and (2) to “spruce” them up a little. Enjoy!  The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it (Psalms… Read more

Second Edition: I have started editing posts from several years ago and reposting them. I am doing this for two reasons: (1) to make them more easily available and (2) to “spruce” them up a little. Enjoy! Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind (The complete passage is located at the end of the chapter) The… Read more

Second Edition: I have started editing posts from several years ago and reposting them. I am doing this for two reasons: (1) to make them more easily available and (2) to “spruce” them up a little. Enjoy! For Our Pleasure Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast… Read more

I recently published a really big book and really small book. The big book is 8 ½ X 11, has 85 chapters, and 350 pages. It is titled Adventures in Biblical Thinking, Second Edition. The big book is a second edition because all of the content has been previously published. The chapters are taken from… Read more

Second Edition: I have started editing posts from several years ago and reposting them. I am doing this for two reasons: (1) to make them more easily available and (2) to “spruce” them up a little. Enjoy! (The complete passage is located at the end of the chapter) The Story Here is the scene. A… Read more

Second Edition: I have started editing posts from several years ago and reposting them. I am doing this for two reasons: (1) to make them more easily available and (2) to “spruce” them up a little. Enjoy Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council.… Read more

Second Edition: I have started editing posts from several years ago and reposting them. I am doing this for two reasons: (1) to make them more easily available and (2) to “spruce” them up a little. Enjoy! Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things,… Read more

Second Edition: I have started editing posts from several years ago and reposting them. I am doing this for two reasons: (1) to make them more easily available and (2) to “spruce” them up a little. Enjoy! (The complete passage is located at the end of the chapter) The Story The scene is a wedding… Read more

Second Edition: I have started editing posts from several years ago and reposting them. I am doing this for two reasons: (1) to make them more easily available and (2) to “spruce” them up a little. Enjoy! What do the Holy Scriptures say about faith? But without faith it is impossible to please him: for… Read more

Second Edition: I have started editing posts from several years ago and reposting them. I am doing this for two reasons: (1) to make them more easily available and (2) to “spruce” them up a little. Enjoy! What does it mean to be forgiven? There is the forgiveness of financial debt. Simply, it means that… Read more

Second Edition: I have started editing posts from several years ago and reposting them. I am doing this for two reasons: (1) to make them more easily available and (2) to “spruce” them up a little. Enjoy! And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ… Read more

Second Edition: I have started editing posts from several years ago and reposting them. I am doing this for two reasons: (1) to make them more easily available and (2) to “spruce” them up a little. Enjoy! For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in… Read more

Second Edition: I have started editing posts from several years ago and reposting them. I am doing this for two reasons: (1) to make them more easily available and (2) to “spruce” them up a little. Enjoy! What is a disciple? What does a disciple look like? What does a disciple do? What does a… Read more

Second Edition: I have started editing posts from several years ago and reposting them. I am doing this for two reasons: (1) to make them more easily available and (2) to “spruce” them up a little. Enjoy! What do the Holy Scriptures say about abiding? And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when… Read more

Second Edition: I have started editing posts from several years ago and reposting them. I am doing this for two reasons: (1) to make them more easily available and (2) to “spruce” them up a little. Enjoy! Death, then life, seems to be backwards. This goes contrary to what we see. We are accustomed to… Read more

Second Edition: I have started editing posts from several years ago and reposting them. I am doing this for two reasons: (1) to make them more easily available and (2) to “spruce” them up a little. Enjoy! What does a believer do when they recognize that they have sinned? This will happen. “If we live… Read more

Excerpt from What Was in It for Jesus My parents have passed, and my wife, Karen’s parents have passed. We were our parents’ heirs. We received an inheritance that was shared with our siblings. The inheritance consisted of money and stuff. The money was shared equally, and stuff was divided up based on what individuals… Read more