disciple in the making
Proverbs 22:17-19 (NIV) 17 Pay attention and listen to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach, 18 for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart and have all of them ready on your lips. 19 So that your trust may be in the LORD, These verses could [...]
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This post is part of a series on a commentary I am reading on the book of James. For a brief introduction, please read the first post in the series. It would seem the academic type (e.g. scholars, theologians) aren’t super impressed with the book of James. Martin Luther called it the “epistle of straw.” [...]
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This past week I decided to “bust up” a commentary on the book of James. Don’t ask me what “to bust up” means. Ask Mike Doughty. He’s the one who wrote “Busting Up A Starbucks.” But anyway. For however many posts it’ll take, I’m going to synthesize what I read into a series of digestible [...]
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There are plenty of stories in the Bible about people being patient. There’s no shortage of sermon’s illustrating the need to keep running the race and being faithful to the call of God. You have Noah, Samuel, Joseph, David, etc. The “take home message” of all those stories is . . . Matthew 25:21 (NIV) [...]
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Regardless if you get your recommended daily amount of sleep, you can still wake up refreshed, but feel tired and overwhelmed. 2 Kings 6:15-17 (NIV) 15 When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early the next morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. “Oh, my [...]
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If you can satisfy two reasonable requirements, upgrading WordPress can be ridiculously easy using Subversion. If you’ve ever attempted to manually upgrade WordPress using the “Three Step Upgrade,” you know how much of a pain it can be. Three steps is false advertisement. It’s more like a gazillion. ;) The two requirements? You need command-line [...]
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I just wanted to throw this out there. Churches should have ridiculously good customer service. When people come to you with questions, you have to be knowledgeable, helpful and over-the-top. When they call, you should pick up the phone instead of having their first point of contact be a bunch of voice prompts. When they [...]
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Pastor: Turn your bibles to 2 Kings, Chapter 2. you: *thinking to yourself* That’s the story of Elijah and Elisha. I am a Bible scholar! Pastor: Open up to the book of Esther. you: recalling Oooh, good book. That’s the book before Job. Man, I’m good. Pastor: Let’s start reading from Luke 2:1. you: *turning to [...]
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I can encourage people. I can challenge people. I spend time with God daily. I’m comfortable praying out loud. I can give advice and guidance. In essence, I am a leader. I can do things that leaders do. I can talk the talk. I realized this today in a small group I am attending. I [...]
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