Do You See The Glory?

Why does it always take something bad to make us adjust our priorities?  Why can’t we just be going along well, content, and joyful, and keep our priorities in line?  As I sit here in the Emergency Room waiting room at Baylor in Dallas, I’m reminded of several recent happenings in which God is teaching [...]

Here’s another video that you may have seen, or at least heard about.

When you become a parent, you see a lot of things differently. This is one of those things. If I had seen this during the first 11 years of our marriage, I probably would have thought, “nice story”, and moved on. [...]

Many of you have probably already seen this youtube video by now of a group called Sonseed singing a song called Jesus Is A Friend of Mine.  If you haven’t, you need to watch it.  It will change your life… most likely.

This video has been shown all over the place recently since it exploded onto [...]

I saw something that I’m guessing is very rare this past Sunday at church.  After the worship service, as I’m walking down the hall to get my kid from his class, I see a guy wearing this T-shirt and shorts.  On the front, it said, “got beer?”  Without really processing it yet, I made a [...]

We went to a memorial service tonight for a man that I had met once, but never really knew.  It was the most inspirational and moving memorial service I’ve ever attended.  It was the type of service that makes me really feel like I missed out on knowing such a Godly man.  He was a [...]

The recent anniversary of that dark day in history now widely known at 9/11 has reminded me of a question I’ve often wondered since that day.  3000 people died from the cowardice events of that day.  The country mourned for days, weeks, months, years, over the lives that were tragically lost.  It’s been 7 years [...]

This is a follow-up, or Part 2, to this previous post: Do You Ever Wonder? So please read that first if you haven’t already.
I wonder if Jesus ever got sick.  Caught a cold?  If so, do you think he went to a Dr?  Would that be like the cobblers son going to Payless Shoes?
I wonder [...]

Even if you’ve never said it out loud, I know you’ve wondered, “What’s so great about heaven?”  Everybody wants to know what heaven will be like.  And even though the Bible does talk about heaven a lot, its very difficult for us to really have a decent understanding of what heaven will be like.  We [...]

I’m reading the book “FACEDOWN” by Matt Redman. It’s a very interesting read. Here’s the opening paragraphs, and a few other notes from Chapter 1.
When we face up to the glory of God, we soon find ourselves facedown in worship. To worship facedown is the ultimate outward sign of inner reverence.
Every posture [...]

Note’s from Matt Redman’s “FACEDOWN”.
In the 17th century, Richard Sibbes encouraged worshippers everywhere to “take whole Christ” and not to “divide Lord from Jesus, and so make a Christ of their own.” When we encounter the whole Christ, we find an incredible mix of power and patience, glory and grace. One way to gain a [...]

More note’s from Matt Redman’s, “The Unquenchable Worshipper.”
When we are going out to eat with friends, how much time do we spend getting ready, cleaning up, getting dressed, etc.? How much more should we prepare our hearts when we come to worship almighty God? Do we need to take a bit more care [...]

When you are reading the bible, do you ever say to yourself, “So What?” If not, maybe you should try it. I think it’s a very important question to ask about the bible, quite possibly the most important question you could ask. You see, most of us have heard just about every [...]

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the difference between conservative praise & worship church’s that are stiff and emotionless, and charismatic churches that are celebratory and emotional. I’m coming to realize that they are both on the opposite ends of the spectrum and both are really missing the mark. Here’s a great [...]

I know, Kind of an open-ended question. Uh.. sure we do. All the time. But I guess what I’m really wondering is do we lie to God in some of the songs we are singing to him. How about this song, that our previous church used to sing, both in youth [...]

I’ve been thinking a lot about passion lately. The first thing I learned is that I have a lot of questions.

How would I define passion?
Does everybody have a passion?
Can we have multiple passions?
Why do some people not seem to have any passions?
How do we find our passion?
Can we create a passion within us, or [...]

John Piper’s church, Bethlehem Baptist, has a statement of faith, and here is an excerpt from it describing their view of missions.
We believe that the commission given by the Lord Jesus to make disciples of all nations is binding on His Church to the end of the age. This task is to proclaim the [...]

Continuing reading Matt Redman’s “The Unquenchable Worshiper”, he mentions a story in Ch 3 that I’ve always loved. It comes from 2 Samuel 6. Redman doesn’t go into much detail, but it’s really an interesting story. I really love reading the Old Testament, and King David is one of my favorite characters. [...]

This is a quote from Ralph Winter’s “Reconsecration to a Wartime, not a Peacetime, Lifestyle”.
“America today is a “save yourself” society if there ever was one. But does it really work? The underdeveloped societies suffer from one set of diseases: tuberculosis, malnutrition, pneumonia, parasites, typhoid, cholera, typhus, etc. Affluent America has virtually [...]

Here are some more notes and comments from John Piper’s “Don’t Waste Your Life”.
To make others glad in God with an everlasting gladness, our lives must show that He is more precious than life. If Christ is an all-satisfying treasure and promises to provide all our needs, then to live as though we had all [...]

I’ve had the book, “The Unquenchable Worshipper”, by Matt Redman, for a long time, probably 5 or 6 years. But have never read it. I decided to read it. I think it’s going to be very educational, so I figured I’d write a few comments on each chapter.
Ch 1 - The Unquenchable [...]