Search Me
Even as I speak of others who tickle itching ears I am aware of the subtleties of the devil. How might I fall into the mistake of saying the things that people around me want to hear rather than the life giving words of Jesus? Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me…
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No One Believes In Me Anymore (Satan’s Boast)(Keith and Melody Green) Oh, my job keeps getting easierAs time keeps slipping awayI can imitate the brightest light And make your night look just like dayI put some truth in every lieTo tickle itching earsYou know I’m drawing people just like flies‘Cause they like what they hear…
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For a time is coming when people will no longer listen to sound and wholesome teaching. They will follow their own desires and will look for teachers who will tell them whatever their itching ears want to hear.2 Timothy 4:3 (New Living Translation). I have had a week where I have experienced itching ears and…
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Matthew 5:6 Matthew 5:6 (New International Version) Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. I have given this passage much thought and meditated upon it many times and still have not plumbed the depths of it. The usual way we hear the passage is that it is saying…
Continue readingThink on These Things
I have been pondering these verses from the book of Jeremiah. This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for his strength and whose heart turns away from the LORD. He will be like a bush in the wastelands; he will not see prosperity when…
Continue readingWine and Milk Without Money
During the season of Lent, I receive a daily devotional thought from Goshen College. Let me share the March 2 devotional with you: Ho, ho, ho. It’s a wonderful life! What we most need for nourishment and delight is free of charge. There’s a banquet set before us and we’re invited to the table. Smacznego!*…
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I wrote this about six years ago when we were wrestling with whether or not to plant a church. Today, after planting one church in Calgary and moving to Vancouver to plant another, the issues are the same. Isaiah 40:31 Yet those who wait for the Lord Will gain new strength; They will mount up…
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