ARCHIVE October, 2020

Essential Worship Requires Clarity

Lift the signal from the noise.  Take a step back.  Breathe. Think about first things and your top priority: Worship of God through Christ Jesus.  The battle is His.  The battle is His, but the battle is also very real.  Look to Jesus.  When Jesus was confronted with the devil’s temptation to lose focus and […]

October 17, 2020 in Articles and Devotionals, Devotionals by

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Essential Worship Flows from Being Created

When we recognize that we are created beings—an essential part of understanding our identity—we can engage in essential worship of God. You know, I grieve a culture that teaches critical race theory or says I have some “white privilege” of which I must repent or kneel or wear like a scarlet letter “W”, as I […]

October 7, 2020 in Articles and Devotionals, Devotionals by

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Essential as Created

What do COVID-19, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s recent passing, and President Trump’s being admitted to Walter Reed “out of an abundance of caution” have in common?  They all point to one plank in the theology I hold dear.It’s summed up in Isaiah 5:5-9.  “I am the LORD, and there is no other; apart from […]

October 3, 2020 in Articles and Devotionals, Devotionals by

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