Wash Me Now

Thanks to Mike Morton, one of our church interns, for this guest post. When I was young, my parents always made it a point that I wash myself daily. Like a normal boy though, I did not always want to wash myself everyday. I figured if I was not dirty then I was clean. However, [...]

All Joking Aside

Titus 2:6 –”Young men likewise exhort to be soberminded.” I don’t know how many times I’ve had to come to a fresh understanding of that verse. And my dad was happy to oblige. Young people–oh, and old people–like to have fun. For me that means humor. But the fact that our humor often crosses the [...]

“Freely Eat”

“It’s a free country!” In our sarcastic society, we’re used to hearing that phrase when someone wants to excuse their obnoxious or inappropriate behavior. “Don’t run in the kitchen!” But it’s a free country. “Don’t spit your gum out on the sidewalk!” Free country. Of course, we all know that real freedom exists within sensible [...]

How Should We Act When We Sin Against Our Kids?

Some parents are so spiritually fine-tuned, so on the ball, so wise and insightful, that they go through all of their years of parenting without a single regret or hiccup in their relationship with their sons and daughters. For the rest of us, the question posed in the title is pretty relevant. Most of us [...]

Standing Like a Tree

On the way to school the other day, we were observing all the trees standing by rivers of water (well, they were more like streams, but the picture still works.).  There are plenty of trees around for the object lesson, and yes, there has been plenty of water around lately, too.  The Author of the “tree” object [...]

I Shall Not Be Moved

Thanks to Jack Kauffman, a deacon at Bethel Baptist Church, for this guest post. The Easter season is a time when Christians tend to look inward. I’ve been doing a lot of that lately, and more often than not, I don’t especially like what I see. Two premises come to mind as I do this: [...]

The Mind of Christ, My Savior

Do you ever feel like you are on a spiritual  roller coaster? You have the most gentle disposition one moment, and as fast as that first plunge of the coaster you find yourself downright cantankerous. Are there certain days of the week  that you habitually more spiritual than others? If you were to graph your disposition [...]