Yesterday’s post was entitled, “Two Roads.” The problem is, there are three! Ok, so I’m talking about a different highway system here in some ways, but in others, it all comes back to the same thing. Yesterday’s roads were called GRACE and PRIDE and you can read about them here. But I would be remiss if I […]
READ MOREI’m not trying to beat a dead horse, believe me, I’m not. But lately I have been more troubled than ever by how many Christians try to get close to Jesus by way of achievement. It’s the whole, “look at me, God! See how good I am?!” After you are a Christian for a while, […]
READ MOREI love our Southbrook family! As with any family, we go through seasons of tremendous blessing and seasons of hurt. Doesn’t Ecclesiastes say as much? A Time for Everything 1 For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven. 2 A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant […]
READ MORESo just how long does the old incubator take before a mature, bold and courageous Christ follower hatches? Parakeets? 18 days Partridges? 23 days. Ducks? 28 days. Ostrich? 48 days. Monitor lizards? 8 – 10 weeks. 9 months for a new born Human baby. And… the incubation period for a fully devoted follower of Jesus Christ? […]
READ MOREEver notice how God often allows us to wander away from His better ways to do our own thing—even when our own way leads to disaster?! Sometimes I get angry at God for this. Me: “Why didn’t you step in? You could have prevented all of this! If you really loved me you wouldn’t have […]
READ MORESummer is great! I I’ve a little extra time with my family seeing folks refresh. Every navy needs shore leave. Every army needs furlough. And every team has an off season. But that last one goes a bit too far—don’t’cha think? No, there’s no off season when it comes to sharing the love of Christ. […]
READ MOREGang, we have so many exciting things planned for the Fall that I can hardly stand it! Literally one or two major things each month that God is doing that will blow your mind. That’s why I’m pumped to be back for a good long stretch now. There’s so much to do. I’ll try to […]
READ MOREPretty simple, huh? What if you were used to filling up FREE at every gas station, on every corner? It would become a robotic like response and you’d certainly take it for granted that that’s the way it ought to be. But then, what if your perfect little Texaco world came to an end all at […]
READ MOREYou will trust God only as much as you love Him. And you will love Him not because you have studied Him; you will love Him because you have touched Him—in response to His touch…Only if you love will you make that final step into darkness. “Father, into Your hands I commend my Spirit. […]
READ MOREMy wife, Michelle, is a softy. Upon further examination, she is was not entirely convinced it was the “Southern Living†group who descended upon the chaise lounge chairs like a swarm of locusts. I, on the other hand, am thoroughly convinced. If I were a lawyer, this would be the classic open and shut case. […]
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