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June 18, 2017
Lasting Lessons from the Land of the Bible [Event]
I’m excited to teach at Christ Lutheran Church in Whitefish, Montana on the topic: “Lasting Lessons from the Land of the Bible.” I will center my teaching around key sites in the Holy Land; the amazing events that occurred at each site, and application for life today.Keep reading this post. >>>
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Date: September 23, 2017 Time: 6:00-8:00 p.m. Event: Las...
June 14, 2017
How Jesus’ Powerful Personal Hope Can Lift You Up
The geography of the Ark of the Covenant mirrors Jesus' Ascension—and ours.
Do you know what one, primary, personal hope drove Jesus’ life? What He looked forward to the most? It’s important we do know, because the same hope should drive our lives.
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As I have read the gospels, one reality has jumped out at me stronger than ever. Jesus’ goal was not merely the cross. Even as great as the resurrection was, Jesus still had another hope beyond that.
It’s good news you...
June 12, 2017
Why Your Spiritual Consistency is Worth the Cost
The benefits far outweigh what you pay each day to walk faithfully.
Mondays are not the best days for car trouble. One morning I hopped in my car and inserted the key in the ignition. When I cranked it—I kid you not—the car made the sound: “Ugh.”
So I pulled out the jumper cables. But two days later, the car sang the second verse of the same song: “Ugghhh.”
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Later that day, my auto mechanic gave a simple diagnosis: I needed a new battery.
Now, I could have said: “H...
June 7, 2017
If You’ve Ever Thought of Touring the Holy Land, Now is the Time
It’s a fact: a tour to Israel changes the way you read your Bible. I’ve seen in the lives of hundreds of Christians. I’ve experienced it myself. If you’ve been, you know what I mean. If you have yet to go, now is the time.
(Photo: Mount Arbel overlooking the Sea of Galilee. Courtesy of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)
I’m convinced you should do your best to take a tour to Israel at least once in your life.
Here are 10 reasons you should consider going to the Holy Land now.
(By the way,...
June 6, 2017
Journey through the Holy Land [Event]
I’m excited to lead an upcoming tour to the Holy Land which will focus exclusively on applying select Old and New Testament sites to your life. This will be an exclusive, one-bus tour, seeing sites that average tours to Israel don’t get to see—around a theme most never get to experience first-hand. Click for more information. I hope you’ll join Cathy and me for this trip of a lifetime.Keep reading this post. >>>
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Journey through the Holy Land [Event]
I’m excited to lead an upcoming tour to the Holy Land which will focus exclusively on applying select Old and New Testament sites to your life. This will be an exclusive, one-bus tour, seeing sites that average tours to Israel don’t get to see—around a theme most never get to experience first-hand. Click for more information. I hope you’ll join Cathy and me for this trip of a lifetime.Keep reading this post. >>>
Better still, get my full posts the easy way when you SUBSCRIBE TO MY BLO...
June 5, 2017
Rephidim—How to Win the Battle You Face Today
Our struggles are not new, and neither is the secret to victory.
You wake up to it each morning. It follows you as you go through your day. It’s waiting for you in every room and conversation. Your battle cleverly disguises itself in many forms.
(Photo by Photodune)
Your battle appears as a person, or as money, or as a tense situation at the office.
But the reality is that the battle you face each day has another source. The fight that God’s people faced at Rephidim proved that point.
The bat...
May 31, 2017
2 Helpful Truths When God’s Plan Seems Delayed
What helps you when God’s plan seems stalled?
Most mornings the national news seems downright depressing. Political corruption. Religious hypocrisy. Sexual disorientation. I confess, sometimes it’s tough to see God working in the world.
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We seldom ask the questions out loud. But we all think it: Where exactly is God working in this fallen world? Why does He seem so silent—and even distant?
We know the answers in our heads. The Bible gives us good ones:
God allows...May 29, 2017
Why God Always Connects Your Physical Needs to Your Spiritual Life
The One who set eternity in our hearts created in us a hunger that space and time cannot satisfy.
The superscription of Psalm 63 notes how David prayed the psalm in the wilderness of Judah, either while fleeing from King Saul or, later, from David’s rebel son Absalom.
(Photo: Sunset over the Judean Wilderness. Courtesy of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)
My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, in a dry and weary land where there is no water. —Psalm 63:1
The “dry and weary land”...
May 24, 2017
How God Broadens Your Limited Perspective
Bridging the gap between the God we want and the God who is.
Have you noticed how often we tend to interpret our faith as we want it to be, rather than as God reveals it to be? I think of it this way. We have adopted the lifestyle of a tourist who only wants to see the highlights of the city.
(Photo: courtesy of Oomph)
Forget all the back alleys of New York. Show me Times Square. Let’s just jump to the Empire State Building. We focus on how the Christian life “ought” to be. (As if the tough...
