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You BETTER Listen!
9 And he said, “Whoever has ears to hear had better listen!” (Mark 4:9, NET Bible) That has a little more command to it than other translations. Wake up. Pay attention! We are a church asleep these days. We’ve become bored with our Christianity. It’s time to quit sleep walking and realize that following Christ is NOTHING close to boring. We…
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The Power of Pentecost and the Call for Self-Sacrifice
Mark Stevens has a series of interviews with Jack Levison over at his blog. The interviews talk about Levison’s book Fresh Air: The Holy Spirit for an Inspired Life. I have the book and need to read it. I’m still getting over the decision to not capitalize Holy Spirit. (I’m Pentecostal. Sue me.) Mark asked Jack what he thought were the…
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On This Date
An interesting tidbit to go with my hero preachers for Black History Month. This is the date that William Seymour first arrived in Los Angeles. Here is MORE about this great man of God.
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Love the Immigrant
Nothing like the Bible to mess with our politics. (But, hey, it’s OLD Testament, so feel free to “ignore it.”) 18 He enacts justice for orphans and widows, and he loves immigrants, giving them food and clothing. 19 That means you must also love immigrants because you were immigrants in Egypt. 20 Revere the Lord your God, serve him, cling to him, swear…
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Do you love “truth” or do you love TRUTH?
16 For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world should be saved through him. 18 The one who believes in him is…
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A Storm is Raging
3 Our God is coming; he won’t keep quiet. A devouring fire is before him; a storm rages all around him. (Ps. 50:6, CEB) This is not a happy time. In this Psalm he is coming out of justice. He doesn’t want another sacrifice. He doesn’t want another worship song. No more fake offerings. This isn’t about appeasing a god because…
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Black History Month
Two great preachers I deeply admire for their work in the 20th Century:
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Songs We Need to Think About
I wish we would actually think about EVERY worship song. I have unreasonable expectations. But this one jumped out at me today as I was in a chapel service. This line: “I want more of you, God.” I reflected on that, then heard this word from the Lord drop into my heart: “When you hear MY request of having more…
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Where Our Passions Lie
13 It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 He found in the temple those who were selling cattle, sheep, and doves, as well as those involved in exchanging currency sitting there. 15 He made a whip from ropes and chased them all out of the temple, including the cattle and the sheep. He scattered the…
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We Are Consumed on Ourselves
20 “The harvest is past, the summer has ended, and we are not saved.” 21 Since my people are crushed, I am crushed; I mourn, and horror grips me. 22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is there no healing for the wound of my people? (Jer. 8:20-22, NIV) I have no idea who Mindy McCready…
