More Than The Sum
In every life a hope, in every hope a cry, in every cry a fear, that this life will never satisfy In every day an opportunity, in every opportunity a choice, in every choice a consequence, that can...
View ArticleThe Two Questions That Will Destroy Your Faith
We Become What We Believe In I was meeting with a friend this morning. As we ate breakfast we were talking about how we become who God wants us to be. We had been reading through Colossians and we...
View ArticleunConventional Twisdom
Facing fear? Don’t bargain with it, trust God through it. Courage is developed when we fear God more than we fear people. Gen. 32-33 Dr. Crawford Loritts | @CrawfordLorittsFiled under: unConventional...
View ArticleYou Are A Missionary: Calvin Miller’s “A Letter to the Church”
Dr. Calvin Miller passed away this last week from complications of a surgery. He was a renowned pastor, writer, professor and poet. I remember encountering his thoughts on worship and the devotional...
View ArticleSermon Sketch |“Between Life and Living”
I wrote this outline on February 19, 2003. I am not sure if I ever shared it in a teaching/preaching setting. However, I wanted to record it for posterity. I have clarified some of the points so that...
View Article“I’ll Pray For You” And Other Lies We Tell
This past week I had an opportunity to pray with a friend. The two of us gathered with another brother in Christ and we spent time before the Lord. In the course of that time we lifted him up before...
View ArticleAdvent Series 2012, Pt. 4 | Mary: The Mother of God
Before people scream “heresy” or “blasphemy” I would ask you to consider the plain and simple truth that Mary was the mother of God, even if she did not fully understand that to be the case. As a...
View ArticleThe Tragedy at Sandy Hook |“The Depth of Human Sin Has Reared Its Head… Again!”
This morning the town of Newtown, CT, was ravaged by the news that an elementary school was taken hostage and the lives of over 25 people were ended, some before they had even had a chance to really...
View ArticleVideo Spotlight |“Laying Cinder Blocks like a Pro”
A couple of months ago I came across this video. It is what it says. It’s four minutes of a man you can not see laying blocks in a smooth and steady rhythm. I have watched it several times because...
View ArticleThe Lingering Effect of Death’s Assault
In Memory of Jacob Carlyle Davis August 20, 1986 – December 28, 2010 Two years ago my family experienced one of the most devastating events we had ever faced. Two years ago my brother-in-law died in a...
View ArticleYou Can Never Tame The Lion
Hebrews 11:38 “…the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves and in holes in the ground.” Hebrews 11 has been called the “Hall of Fame” of the faithful. It...
View ArticleSermon Sketch |“Love is the Support Structure for our Faith in Jesus”
Love is the Support Structure for our Faith in Jesus 1 Corinthians 13 (Esp. vv. 1-3) 1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And...
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