the 2nd Mile

“Whoever forces you to go one mile, go with him two.” Mt 5:41 The Impressment Mile As a conquered people, the Jews of Jesus day, were required whenever a Roman soldier or Roman official wa...

The Levels of Love

Levels of Love So you want to know the secret to a GREAT CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE? Don’t want to go to a marriage retreat causing you to miss football or an embarrassing seminar where you have to hear the...

Overcomers of the World

We are told that we are overcomers of the world in Christ and thats a wonderful blessing because there is no shortage of world to overcome. The world is full of people that call themselves our enemies...

Create Gratitude and be Thankful

Regardless of your situation it is God’s will for you to be full of gratitude. “In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you” (1 Th 5:18). Why? Because...

Get Stuck Like Glue to a Friend

Stuck Like Glue We all want good friends and hopefully we want to be good friends. I would go so far as to say we need good friends. Did you know that God wants us to have and be good friends? He want...

SuperLike is not Biblical Love

Superlike Imagine a gauge that measures your food preferences. At the bottom of it is “Can’t stand it!” This is where the foods live that you just can’t choke down. For me that is sour kraut, ...

Response to Repentance

Forgiveness and repentance is one of the hardest things in Christian life. “Will you forgive me?” gets caught in my throat. Along with my pride I guess. Because of the wonderful gift of God’s wo...

No More Mr. Nice Jesus

There is a very strange view of Jesus floating around in certain circles of Christendom these days. One that does not line up with the biblical view of Jesus at all. It’s like some people think He w...

Let’s Make a Deal!

Remember Monty? The smiling face from the game show that was perpetually 1976? If you’re to young then check it out on GSN or youtube sometime. Monty was a shrewd evil man that delighted in toy...

The Myth of Dual Identity

Can a person be a sinner and a christian? Can a person truly have a dual identity? No. Your identity is either in sin or in Christ. Pretty simple. Yes christians still sin or even struggle with sin bu...

Urgent Love

Hey Doc A man walks into an emergency room with a 2X4 sticking out of his chest. He is made comfortable for an hour in the waiting room and then sent home hopefully thinking that the nurses were reall...

Marriage is Marriage and that’s what it is

“Father, how many legs would this calf have, calling the tail a leg? Why five, my son. No, father, he can not. He would have only four. Why, calling the tail a leg, you said, my boy. Ah father! ...