Sell It
- August 22, 2018
- by
- Jared Odenbeck
“Sell all that you have…” (Luke 18:22). In other words, rid yourself before God of everything that might be considered a possession until you are a mere conscious human being standing before Him, and then give God that. That is where the battle is truly fought— in the realm of your will before God.” Oswald Chambers
Either we sell all that we have, or we are unwilling. When we are unwilling, and we are in Christ, God often takes it, that we would be conformed into the image of the Son.
I have been in Sweden...
A Book as Old as Time
- August 19, 2018
- by
- Ivan Moore
Did you know The Hunger Games was first published 10 years ago? That’s getting pretty old, but not as old as Twilight, that is...
Saying No to Cookies
- August 15, 2018
- by
- Tatum Fishel
It happened. I put on my “fat shorts” and they were too tight. When we rolled from winter to spring to summer, I thought...
When Doubt is a Good Thing
- August 13, 2018
- by
- Joe Danehower
Recently, I’ve spent far too many hours in various airports painfully watching a departure time creep further and further into the night. Not only...
To the One We Trust
- August 12, 2018
- by
- Jared Odenbeck
Alexander MacLaren’s brief yet dense exposition of Psalm 37:4, 5, 7 offers the following sequence – delighting in God, trusting Him, giving him everything...
His Power is Made Perfect
- August 07, 2018
- by
- Whitney Hsu
This past week, my family had an awful experience. We went on vacation, and our house got robbed. Burglarized. Broken into and violated and...
Weeds
- August 06, 2018
- by
- Jared Odenbeck
Weeds always manifest themselves. They never hide beneath the earth and destroy in secret. They wreak havoc on gardens and choke the life out...
The Case for VBS
- August 05, 2018
- by
- Whitney Hsu
If you didn’t grow up in the church, or didn’t go to church in the South, or at a church with a great children’s...
Discipline in Disobedience
- July 30, 2018
- by
- Jared Odenbeck
“When you discipline a man with rebukes for sin, you consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely all mankind is a...
Grief to Joy
- July 22, 2018
- by
- Ivan Moore
On a recent trip to Boston, my party became patrons of one of the city’s most famous local coffee shops, Dunkin Donuts. My usual...