January 23, 2012 in
Spiritual Growth with
Hebrews 12:15 Look after each other so that none of you fails to receive the grace of God. Watch out that no poisonous root of bitterness grows up to trouble you, corrupting many. You may be justified in your bitterness, but it still contaminates everything. You may have every right to not forgive certain people [...]
January 9, 2012 in
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And David declared… Psalm 32:1-5 1 Oh, what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is put out of sight! 2 Yes, what joy for those whose record the Lord has cleared of guilt, whose lives are lived in complete honesty! 3 When I refused to confess my sin, my body wasted away, [...]
January 27, 2010 in
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I read THIS article on Saturday in Time about John Edwards. Wow, could there be a more hated dude in America these days? I mean Tiger’s got nothing on this guy. According to Time… There’s unpopular, there’s widely loathed, there’s despised, and then there’s John Edwards. Americans are a tolerant people, but they have a [...]
November 9, 2009 in
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I’m in the process of re-reading Deadly Viper (character assassins) by my two friends Mike Foster and Jud Wilhite. I read something that made me stop dead in my tracks. We made a pact with each other to be people who are fast to forgive. So much of our emotional volatility comes from relationship gone [...]
December 8, 2008 in
God,Leadership,Relationships,Religion with
All weekend long I heard chatter about OJ. It seems everyone (including myself) was just giddy. He was sentenced to up to 33 years in prison on Friday for his role in an armed robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers inside a Las Vegas hotel room. I don’t know what it is about this guy, [...]
October 23, 2008 in
Cross Point Church,Leadership,Religion with
I meet people all the time that have been hurt by the church. I understand. I’ve wrestled with a love/hate relationship with the church most of my life. I read these words the other day and they really challenged me. “When we have been wounded by the Church, our temptation is to reject it. But [...]
September 15, 2008 in
Cross Point Church,God,Leadership,Preaching,Relationships,Religion with
I hate bermuda grass. I hate it with a passion. I’ve tried everything to get the stuff out of my yard, but to no avail, it continues to spread. Bermuda grass roots run far and wide and deep. I read the other day they can go as deep as six feet! Leave this stuff unchecked [...]
