Christian living
« Previous EntriesChrist in the Believer
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010For Saint Patrick’s Day, here is an excerpt from my book, Theology in a Nutshell, quoting part of the masterful “Saint Patrick’s Breastplate.”
Christ is in the believer (“Christ in you”).
The apostle Paul stressed the importance of this: “To them [His saints] God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this […]
More on Haiti, From an AG Writer
Saturday, January 30th, 2010 I received this email from Don Detrick, D.Min., Secretary/Treasurer of the Northwest Ministry Network (NW District of the Assemblies of God). His wife, Jodi Detrick, is an excellent writer who has been published in the Pentecostal Evangel and writes a column in the Seattle Times.
You might be interested in Jodi’s article in today’s Seattle […]
Convoy of Hope meal-packing event for the ministry Feed the Starving Children
Monday, January 11th, 2010A Convoy of Hope meal-packing event for the ministry Feed the Starving Children was held Saturday (Jan. 9) in 2 sessions. Volunteers at this afternoon session packed nearly 30,000 meals in 2 hours. With the earlier group, 106,920 meals were packed this day for distribution to starving children.
The Horns in Action
This is the great team […]
Key to Inner Strength
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009It’s one of the first verses small children learn in Sunday School. It’s short and simple. Yet it is profound and carries one of the deepest, most important truths in the Bible.
It’s Psalm 119:11: “Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You.” I learned it in the KJV: […]
Can You Be Counted On?
Sunday, December 6th, 2009John Maxwell, in his book The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork has one law he calls “The Law of Countability.” By this he means, can your teammates count on you?
Here are 5 questions for self-evaluation from Maxwell that will help any kind of team situation, ministry teams included:
Is your integrity unquestioned? (character)
Do you perform your […]
OMG?
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009The phrase “Oh, my God” has been turned on its head. The phrase is uttered in reverent prayer by many believers. But God’s name is just a curse word in popular culture.
A rookie movie censor was told to edit out all profanities from an in-flight version of the movie The Queen for use by airline […]
10 Things I Learned from My Dad
Friday, June 12th, 2009This is an expanded version of my Vantage Point column in the June 21, 2009 Father’s Day edition of TPE.
I was blessed with a great father. I had a great relationship with him. Here are 10 things I learned from him, not just by what he said, but how he lived. All I had to […]
Verse for the Day from a Friend & Co-worker
Thursday, May 7th, 2009Our senior associate editor, Scott Harrup, sent us this yesterday when we were at Peggy’s longest chemo session: “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will heal you” (2 Kings 20:5).
It’s a great verse for our positive verse collection.
Positive Verse for the Day
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009“And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:19
Greatest Rhetorical Question in Scripture
Monday, May 4th, 2009Romans 8:31: “What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?” Answer (implied but not stated): No one.
Whatever you are going through, God is bigger … and He is on your side.
