Do You See The Glory?

The message delivered this Sunday at our church was a very good one, one that really makes you think and wonder. Perry Noble preached from Luke 7, the story of Jesus raising the widow’s son from the dead in the middle of the funeral procession. Verse 11 says:
Soon afterward, Jesus went to a [...]

Just in case anybody was beginning to think that I have it all figured out and am looking down at people from my high horse, I want to make it clear that I fully admit to being part of the problem. My recent criticism of the American church is aimed at myself just as [...]

Lenny LeBlanc is one of my favorite worship singer/songwriters, and he wrote and sings a song I really like called “Look My Way”. Here’s how it goes:
If You’re looking for somebody who loves You
Won’t You look my way, look my way
If You’re looking for somebody to praise You
Just look my way, look my way
Won’t [...]

I’m sure yall see things all the time that just make you laugh, even when you are alone. Do other people laugh when they are by themselves? I do. Of course I often talk to myself too, yes, out loud. But then I know I’m strange. Anyway, the other day, [...]

We looked at PRAISE in the last entry, and noticed that evangelical Christians don’t do much praising these days. But what about WORSHIPING? Surely we worship don’t we? I guess that depends on what you mean by worship. If you mean this new found all encompassing feel-good lifestyle worship, then a [...]

I’ve come to realize that there is a LOT of confusion over words when it comes to religious talk. Most churches have what’s called a “Praise & Worship” (P&W) service, and yet I think most of us don’t really even know what Biblical praise is anymore. So of course to do this, we [...]

Are you addicted to anything. I’m trying to think of the one thing I’m the most addicted to. What do I really crave when I don’t get it? It’s got to be food for me. I guess more accurately, eating too much food. I’ve never tried drugs or cigarettes, so [...]

After my previous post on “Does Worship Come Natural?“, I’ve had numerous responses, suggesting that I can’t know what’s going on inside other’s people hearts or minds. Or that I’m being unfairly judgmental. Here are some of the most mentioned possible reasons for people not praising in the “praise & worship” service.

Music is not [...]

Big Brown lost the 3rd leg of the triple crown today.  His trainer had said that if he were to win the triple crown, he would be put out to stud.  IF he had won, his stud fee would have been $300,000 per romantic endeavor.  And he expected to have 100 horses in line to [...]

If you had to sleep on the ground every night, what would you pay for your nice comfortable bed?
If you never had cold clean water to drink, how much would you pay for it?
If you never got to feel warm sunshine and a cool breeze, what would you pay for it?
If you could not see, [...]

I’ve been wondering this recently. Is worship something that comes natural, or is it something that needs to be learned? I don’t think many people have put much thought into this. First, let me give the background as to why this question came up. Are church members just expected to know [...]

We use phrases all the time that we are so used to hearing. But when you change the phrase just a little, but still say the same thing, it sounds very strange. For example, when somebody says it’s “raining cats and dogs”, we know what they mean. But if you flip it, [...]