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Don’t Wanna Leave
Ya'll move with timidity | Your practices are too gimmicky | Y'all pitch it as piety | You're lookin' like an enemy. . .
Where Are You From?
When you hear the phrase, “from the other side of the tracks,” what comes to your mind? That phrase is typically used to describe someone from a bad part of town or maybe from a low income section of a…
It’s A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood
Recently I saw the trailer for an upcoming film talking about Mr. Fred Rogers and his work on Television. During the course of the film, journalist Tom Junod begins to profile Mr. Rogers and befriends the man through understanding the…
You Just Never Know
As you read through Jesus’ interactions with people, it’s fairly easy to see a pattern in His approach. I don’t mean that Jesus reaches out to each person in the same way. By no means. In fact, each encounter we…
On The Trinity
When Chris Tomlin wrote the song entitled Indescribable, he was attempting to find the proper words to accurately portray the existential greatness of God. Undoubtedly, it was soon determined that mere words could not describe the true and glorious nature…
Far Left
Somehow ended up here Where they amazed to learn that I used to run crack Took G to cook it He took me down south Crooked paths through them Carolinas a straight shot
Unchanging God
When someone keeps changing their mind about something – going in one direction and then switching back the other way over and over – we call them “fickle.” If someone just cannot make up their mind about an issue or…
Blessed are the Forgiven
Forgiveness and blessing are precious and wonderful things. Forgiveness relieves us of our guilt, it cancels out our wrongdoing, and it restores broken relationships. However, the question is this: How do we obtain Blessing? And, what does this forgiveness produce…
God’s Pruning and Appointing
When we first moved into our home here in Lynchburg, the bushes at the front of the house were a mess. They were overgrown, too tall, too wide and looked like they hadn’t been cared for in a long time. …
Loving Disagreement
If you have ever expressed any type of views or opinions on any subject, whether it be ice cream flavors or your theological stance on soteriology, someone has undoubtedly challenged your views, and an argument has ensued. We have all…
Even the Pharisees Got Grace
I would not have done well with the Pharisees. After my second or third encounter with them, I would have lost it. I would have, in my Dad’s words, “blown my stack.” Anger, rage, yelling, frustration, high blood pressure would…
