God is Giving Us A New Love Story
Many of us are familiar with the Biblical story of King David and Bathsheba. 2 Samuel 11:2-5 (NIV) “One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful, and David sent someone to find out […]
God is Speaking to Each of Us
In 588 BC, King Nebuchadnezzar’s army surrounded the city of Jerusalem. Two years later, this army succeeded in entering the city, burning down the Temple and other buildings, and deporting some of the citizens. This was a time of great destruction. Even the prophet Ezekiel posted on his prophetic Instagram account that Jerusalem would be destroyed (Ezk 24:1 -14). But in […]
Do You Want a New Heart?
When we founded this ministry in Arizona in the early 2000’s, it was at a time of a housing boom in Arizona. On any given morning, we could walk outside in the morning, and see a dozen cement trucks “spinning”, as well as a group of construction workers ready to pour the cement into a […]
Laborers in The Gospel
School is starting bright and early on the day after Labor Day. It is a new school year. The bus stop is full of kids. It puts me in mind of my mother when she traveled to Kenya for an outreach trip. She visited a one room village classroom. Frankly, the school room she encountered […]
Our Love for Jesus is Priority
Monday Morning. McDonalds. The scene includes people on their way to work. People who need to get a bite to eat and be on their way. Painters with their white shirts and pants, retired Military vets with their baseball hats complete with ship names and pins, personal trainers, and others. I watch as the manager […]
God is Still in Love With You
We remember fondly a great lesson from a very gifted Bible teacher, Mitch. The lesson was in Zechariah. In this lesson, we see the angel of the Lord asking a question: Zechariah 1:12(NIV) “Then the angel of the Lord said, “Lord Almighty, how long will you withhold mercy from Jerusalem and from the towns of Judah, […]
Who is This Jesus, What is He all About?
In N.T. Wright’s book “Simply Jesus “, the author starts off as I would have expected with the big question about Jesus “Who Do You Say You Are?” Bishop Wright leaves us with the sense that western Christians don’t spend the time or the energy to grapple with this question. Even by the author’s own admission, when this […]
Let God Be God In Your Life
In the Broadway musical “Wicked”, there is a song “I’m Not That Girl”. The singer (Elphaba) sings about the girl Prince Fiyero falls in love with: “Blythe smile, lithe limb She who’s winsome, she wins him Gold hair with a gentle curl That’s the girl he chose” But the character Elphaba points out that she in not that […]
We are God’s Cinderella Story
Many of us are familiar with the story of Cinderella. Cinderella was forced to work performing all of the dirty jobs in her family. Her fairy godmother gave her a gown and a carriage, and she was able to go to the royal ball where she met the prince. However, she ran away at midnight, […]
Be In Love With Jesus
In the ancient history of the 1960’s when rock bands like the Grateful Dead toured constantly, they created a sense of community with their fans who “followed their tours for months or years on end”.(source: Grateful Dead – Wikipedia) This is still true today. Today this is referred to as “Music Tourism” (Source: Music tourism – Wikipedia). However, […]