If someone were to ask me if I were legalistic my answer would be, “No way, not me.” But last night I caught myself asking myself that very question. Websters.com defines legalism (the root of legalistic) as: 1. strict adherence, or the principle of strict adherence, to law or prescription, esp. to the letter rather [...]
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Am I Legalistic?
Posted in Bible, Foundation, Hearing from God, Jesus, Just Gil, Life Lessons on July 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What Is Ministry?
Posted in Bible, Foundation, Friendship, Hearing from God, Jesus, Life Lessons, Prayer, Strategy on June 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
That question has been going through my head a lot lately. I realize that entire thesis’s have been written with that question as the topic. There are philosophical arguments around every corner because of that question. There are college majors that deal with that question. My guess is that at least two dozen books per [...]
A Lesson From Florida State Football – Part 1
Posted in Bible, Hearing from God, Jesus, Life Lessons on June 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Back when I was on the Florida State football team there was a standout defensive player who was extremely vocal about his ability. He was without question a very good football player, on the verge of being great. If you followed the Seminole football team in the early 90′s you would definitely recognize his name. [...]
Gay Marriage
Posted in Bible, Hearing from God, Jesus on May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
(Pssssttttt… Hey don’t you know you’re not supposed to talk about that?) The Gay Marriage debate has been raging in California for… well… it seems like forever. Let’s just agree it has been going on for a really long time. Have you noticed “church people” going crazy about gay marriage?. No matter how crazy “church people” are [...]
Acts 16 & Star Trek
Posted in Bible, Hearing from God, Life Lessons, Prayer on May 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This morning I was reading Acts 16. In verses 1-5 the writer (probably Luke) writes about how Paul meets Timothy. This caught me off guard. I have read the book of Acts many times but have never really concentrated on these verses. What struck me about this section of scripture was that before Paul met Timothy, Timothy [...]
