#5 Lent Holy Ground
When living in Kansas City, I went to a large church that was mostly young people who loved the Lord. I was moved at how, during communion, they all slipped ...
#4 Lent Ps. 22 (Part B.)
I've often told widows in high-tide grief, "It wouldn't hurt so much if you hadn't loved so much -- or for so long. The greater and longer the love, the ...
#3 Lent Psalm 22 (Part A.)
We will return to John 19 on March 30th, but as a preface for the next two weeks, we will be in Psalm 22, which prophesied many of the events ...
Lent 2: The Temptation of Power
Every human being is empty inside and needs someone, something, to come along and fill it with significance and honor and glory. Tim Keller What did Constantine do with power? ...
Lent: A Holy Season of Growth
Lent, approached rightly, can be a time of tremendous spiritual growth. There are so many scriptural promises that accompany abiding in Christ. In John alone, Jesus says: "If you abide ...
One Week Study on The Meaning of Marriage
Lent begins next week, and we will finish the Gospel of John during that time. But I was so inspired by going through Tim and Kathy Keller's: "The Meaning of ...
Ruth 3-4 The Sculptor’s Hands with Paige Benton Brown
I thought Paige's teaching magnificent, and as I often do, loved her closing. She zoomed in showing how mindful God is of ordinary people. Mindful of Ruth and Boaz in ...
Ruth 2 with Paige Benton Brown
Paige showed us the surgeon's hands of God in Ruth 1, where His knife was used for good, to remove stones from their hard hearts, for these were the days ...
Relationships in Ruth
Paige's father died, and we know how close she was to him. Pray for her and her whole family. Her church says she will be back this coming Wednesday, February ...
OVERVIEW OF THEMES IN RUTH
Paige needed to cancel her teaching this week due to her father's sudden decline. So we are going instead to do an overview of themes in Ruth drawn from my ...
Ruth 1 with Paige (short side-trip)
My plan was to stay the course with John, but the Lord has re-directed me to take us on a 3-week side trip with Ruth and Paige Benton Brown. I ...
Do you have the mark of a Christian?
One of my favorite proposal stories belongs to my daughter Sally's friend Sarah King. When her husband to be proposed, he washed her feet, as a sign that his goal ...
Better Together in 2025!
Free Pexels Photo By Jonathan Bonatti It seems whenever we start a new series, new sisters come on and then drop out because they feel like they don't belong. Pray ...
Longing for Home
What's Next? Beginning next week, we will return to John as Jesus heads toward the cross. We won't finish until the end of April on Resurrection Sunday. Most of our ...
Christmas Week 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDQtC3UnjUA This week, amidst all that needs to be done, let's steal away for a few moments each day and ponder the wonder together. In the above, Sara Groves sings ...