Jonah – The Saga Continues! Last week we left off with Jonah calling it quits. He would rather go into the sea and drown than to go to where the LORD, the creator of the sea and the dry land, has sent him. God says one thing, and we do another. I liken Jonah at […]

You Can’t Outrun the Presence of the LORD, Part 1 I have to say that Jonah is perhaps one of my favorite stories in the Bible, and so if you get the chance to read it, you totally should. I love it because it’s vastly different from the little children’s Bible story that we are […]

Read: I Corinthians 12:4-11  “Each one of us has been given a special gift in proportion to what Christ has been given.” Ephesians 4:7 Many of us excuse ourselves from direct involvement in Christ’s mission and ministry (frequently misnamed Church work) because we “don’t have the necessary gifts.” Perhaps unconsciously we limit God’s spiritual gifts […]

Living Above Read: Philippians 3:7-14 “If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.” Colossians 3:1 Over the door of the little cabinet maker’s shop there hung a sign which read, “Living Above.” It was a notice to his customers […]