The Gospel in Exodus: The Man God Uses

When God calls Moses at the burning bush, Moses objects, giving reasons why he is not the one for this mission. We often do the same when God calls us to a mission. Who is the man God calls? What is God looking for in a man before He calls him to a mission? DoContinue reading “The Gospel in Exodus: The Man God Uses”

The Gospel in Exodus: Experiencing God – A Matter of the Heart

What does it mean to experience God?  Do we have to see a burning bush or the parting of the Red Sea?  Moses’ experience of God at the burning bush changed him forever, and thru his life the Hebrew people and the entire world were blessed.  However, the Hebrew people during the Exodus story alsoContinue reading “The Gospel in Exodus: Experiencing God – A Matter of the Heart”

The Gospel in Exodus: Trusting God

Several states were hit very hard by tornados this weekend.  Kentucky is reporting that as many as 100 people may have been killed in their state by the event.  A new strain of the Corona Virus is headed our way as the current pandemic continues to take lives. Looking back in history, the world constantlyContinue reading “The Gospel in Exodus: Trusting God”

The Gospel in Exodus: Satan’s War on Babies

This week, the Supreme Court of the United States is hearing the first case that truly challenges the Roe vs. Wade decision of 1973.  Worldwide there is an abortion almost every second, and it looks like we are on track to exceed 40-50 million abortions worldwide in 2021.  There are almost a million abortions perContinue reading “The Gospel in Exodus: Satan’s War on Babies”

The Gospel in Exodus: Remember

If we were to sum up the message of the Bible with one word, that word might be “remember”.  From cover to cover, God tells us to remember.  To remember Him, to remember His commands, the Hebrews regularly made piles of rocks to remember what God had done in a certain place, Jesus at HisContinue reading “The Gospel in Exodus: Remember”

The Gospel in Exodus: God Speaks

Our golden retriever ran away the other day.  The more we called him the farther he went.  We watched him follow two walkers into the park and disappear.  Hoping he would eventually return on his own, we later received a phone call from the two walkers, who had taken him home with them – theyContinue reading “The Gospel in Exodus: God Speaks”

Real Life-Change – Go to the Ant

Often, when we face what seems to be an insurmountable task or goal, we become paralyzed into inaction by the enormous distance between where we are today and where we want to be tomorrow.  We cannot get there by tomorrow or by the end of the week or month, so we sometimes give up andContinue reading “Real Life-Change – Go to the Ant”

Dissatisfaction

Is there anything in your life that you are dissatisfied about?  Maybe you would like to lose a few pounds, get a better job, have more money in the bank.  Or maybe you wish you had a nicer car, a better spouse, a bigger house, a new putter, a bass boat.  Dissatisfaction is common toContinue reading “Dissatisfaction”

Freedom from the List-Centric Life

I lost a friend to Corona recently. He was 52 when he died.  Like a puff of smoke, he was here, then he was gone.  Many of us are facing losses like this today, especially with the new delta variant of COVID-19 still circulating among us.  Psalm 103 speaks to us regarding the fleeting natureContinue reading “Freedom from the List-Centric Life”

21 Things I Want to Tell My Sons

Following are twenty-one things that I want to tell each of you. It is not an exhaustive list of things I would like to tell you, but it is a start. And each of the topics is not fully developed, but is rather just a brief discussion on the topic (an entire book could beContinue reading “21 Things I Want to Tell My Sons”