Saturday Thoughts on Balaam and the Donkey
Saturday, July 5th, 2008How many of you are familiar with the story of Balaam and his donkey? (Num. 22:1-35)
This is an interesting story and as I was brought before me a couple of times recently. My wife was going through it in her devotions and then it came up in mine. She asked me a great question- “Why [...]
Thoughts on the Fruit of the Spirit
Saturday, June 14th, 2008This week I was away at Messiah’s Confirmation Camp. It was an incredible experience watching dozens of kids grow in faith and relationships over the four days and I think I’ll post something more on this sometime this coming week, but for the purposes of this morning I want to mention the fruit of the [...]
Thoughts on the Wheat and the Tares (Parable of the Weeds)
Saturday, May 31st, 2008I read a great little piece on the Wheat and the Tares or Parable of the Wees (Mtt. 13:24-30, 36-43), the other day by Reinhold Niebuhr. It really helped me think about this parable and our own culture in a little different way.
Sometimes within the Christian culture we get really mad at the postmodern [...]
