Tag Archives: Life

Genesis 2.18 and the “Not Good” of Creation: Random Reflections

The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” (Gen.2.18, NIV) Could it be that there was lack of “goodness” in God’s first creating? How might we … Continue reading

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Livin' Large and Makin' Babies: A Sermon

The following is a sermon I preached for chapel at Trinity Bible College & Graduate School on Tuesday, April 10, 2018. “But it was the LORD’s good plan to crush him and cause him grief. Yet when his life is … Continue reading

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Grace Is Life

Today I had a student that I am mentoring who mentioned something I said in one of my classes: “Grace is life”. I had said this as part of my response to a student’s sermon addressing grace, but never defining … Continue reading

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What Is Your Story?

I don’t know about your church, but in mine we typically have an open testimony time (hey, we are Pentecostal after all). We like to tell our stories and that sure works well (sometimes not so much) in a post-modern … Continue reading

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The Life of a Flower

Yesterday, my eight year old daughter (Cambria) was commenting on the amazing bouquet of flowers beautifully displayed on our table. She got after one of the other kids for knocking some of the babies breath off telling them, “Don’t kill … Continue reading

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