If I summoned him and he answered me, I do not believe he would pay attention to what I said. – Job 9.16 (CSB) Job experienced so much pain and sorrow as he walked through his purposed season of affliction. He lost everything. His adult children were all killed on… Read ⇢

“During this earthly pilgrimage our life cannot be free from temptation, for none of us comes to know ourselves except through the experience of temptation, nor can we be crowned until we have come through victorious, nor be victorious until we have been in battle, nor fight our battles unless… Read ⇢

“An ignorant congregation will always be the curse of a Church. A Bible-reading congregation may save a Church from ruin. Let us read the Bible regularly, daily, and with fervent prayer, and become familiar with its contents. Let us receive nothing, believe nothing, follow nothing, which is not in the… Read ⇢

“Then on the eighth day and afterward, the priests will offer your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings on the altar, and I will accept you.” This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.” – Ezekiel 43.27 (CSB) “…and I will accept you.” This is not the usual overtone of the… Read ⇢

What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear “prayer”? In complete honesty, my first thought goes to a conversation with God. To sit and have a chat with God about life. But directly connected to that is the idea of asking something of God in that… Read ⇢

“He’s not bowing down. He’s showing me no honor,” he thought to himself. “You see that man over there? Go over and remind him of what he’s supposed to do when he sees me.” In the book of Esther, we are introduced to Haman. Haman had received the promotion that… Read ⇢

I grew up knowing that I needed to read the Bible. The only problem was this: I didn’t really have anyone show me how. I knew how to read it to get information, pass tests, and memorize verses for my Bible classes at my Christian school. I could do that.… Read ⇢

Yesterday I wrote about prayer in a blog post titled, “When Prayer Becomes An Uprising Instead of Remaining a Discipline.” I pointed out how I believe that prayer became, at some point, a “spiritual discipline” to be practiced instead of being a conversation with God – an opportunity to be… Read ⇢

“To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world.” – Karl Barth When did prayer become a spiritual discipline? A discipline. I don’t call talking with my wife “a discipline.” I don’t refer to spending time with family and friends as… Read ⇢