Apprentice 2 Jesus

Spiritual hunger

  • Seething

    13 The word of the Lord came to me again: “What do you see?” “I see a pot that is boiling,” I answered. “It is tilting toward us from the north.” (Jer. 1:13, NIV) One of my favorite preachers in Bible college was David Owen. He was a Welsh preacher on the faculty and his accent just added… Read more

  • Resistance

    In physical training, the only way to get muscles to grow and get the fat off is to push the body. The body has to meet resistance. When resistance happens, growth can occur. In spiritual training, it is the same principle. We don’t get growth by smooth sailing. We get growth through resistance. It is… Read more

  • Passion

    4 But I have this against you: you have let go of the love you had at first. (Rev. 2:4, CEB) Letting go of that first love, that deep passion, can cost us. We drift into life as a rut. We just do things to get by rather than live with renewed passion. In Hebrews the… Read more

  • Faith

    This year I truly want to walk in more faith. I want the boldness to keep asking God for MORE. “I believe. Lord, help my unbelief!” Read more

  • Healing

    A story of healing. A friend’s daughter was facing heart trouble. She and her husband have two young children and she had been suffering some heart pains. Going to the doctor, the first round of examination found about 1/3 of her heart was seriously damaged. They immediately set up another round of tests to determine… Read more

  • The Longing of Anna

    For Sunday’s text I am focusing on “longing” for the return of Christ and using the Luke text on Anna as we watch her long for Messiah. Here are some interesting things to notice right off the top: 1. She is OLD. Who in the world thinks about anyone over 25 doing anything for God… Read more

  • Enemies of the American Church

    There are some huge gorillas in the room we don’t like to talk about when it comes to enemies of the Church in the U.S. These gorillas actually make us our own worst enemies. Tony Campolo has some insight on one: I have heard a lot of teachers condemn the secular humanism of our world. … Read more

  • Ordinary or Extraordinary?

    11 God was doing unusual miracles through Paul. (Acts 19:11, CEB) The powerful presence of Jesus has an impact we may not even be able to measure this side of eternity. Do you realize the impact you have in the Spirit? Do you ask for the “unusual?” Read more

  • Reformation Day — A second point of discussion

    Today IS Reformation Day. Another tiny piece of paper to attach to the ether door of the church world. It’s not about propositional truth (alone). We need good doctrine. But it IS about the heart set toward the Savior. It is about the formation of the believer in life, not just in the head. When we get… Read more

  • The “Crushing” Beauty of the Savior

    For this is what the high and exalted One says— he who lives forever, whose name is holy: “I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite. (Isa. 57:15, NIV) We are to… Read more