Long road trips were a wonderful part of my existence as a child. Every August, we would pack up the station wagon and head to Colorado for vacation. Our family took full advantage of lower humidity and a cooler environment, generating exciting times of exploration, outdoor activities, rest and relaxation....

John 1:35-51 – Great Expectations We all enter into new experiences with expectations, whether we realize them or not. How our experience then measures up to our expectations will often dictate our opinion of how well it went. If I go into a new experience with the expectation that it...

The Knowable Will of God I’m picking back up on my long train of thought related to Clear Thinking, Transformation, and Renewing Your Mind. The last two write-ups have come out of Romans 12 and we’ll stay there for now. But first, a quick story… I grew up sharing a...

Renewing Your Mind We’ve talked about Clear Thinking and then last month about Transformation. Now it’s time to address Renewing Your Mind. A brief recap: When our lives change, it is largely because our thinking changes. It’s hard to think crooked and walk straight. Paul calls us to such a...

A Needless Death Hebrews 2:5-18 Much as been written on the subject of the work of Christ on the cross. Words like atonement, propitiation, and justification rise to the surface for followers of Christ as we meditate on what most of the world assumes was just another needless death. Many...