We analyze ourselves too much. We analyze how we feel and what we wish we’d done. We’re always looking and taking our emotional temperature and that’s a kind of bondage. We’re stuck on ourselves and we can’t see out; we can’t see up...
Gathered worship reminds us that we are not alone, that we have a family, that our family consists of peoples from all tribes, tongues, and nations, and that one day we'll all be together loving each other and worshiping our Savior.
To say that Christians are hypocrites, that we fall short of the mark, that we don’t keep the standard, is actually to affirm the chief tenet of our faith:
“All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”
Things that are normal in 2020:
Being a “parent” to a dog
Men being “dad moms”
Other people raising your kids
Virtual living
Aborting babies
Things that are weird in 2020:
Big families
Fathers showing affection to kids
Moms being homemakers
Personal connection
Loving children
Church shopping in 2019: Do they teach sound doctrine? Where did the pastor go to seminary? Do they play hymns or modern music? What time is the service?
Church shopping in 2020: Are they open?
If I didn’t believe God was sovereign, I’d live in fear of the political process, resentment toward those who disagreed, and anxiety about the outcome.
But, HE IS SOVEREIGN!
The Bible is: better than visions, more reliable than emotions, greater than miracles, more trustworthy than experience, stronger than tradition.
Do you want to know God?
Do you want to hear God?
Read the Bible.
Most boring #NBAFINALS2020 at least in my lifetime. Idk what’s more embarrassing: the quality of competition or the fact that I watched some of it for the second game in a row.😰🤮
LeBron just said "that's a great team we're playing." Please stop. This is your easiest path ever to a ring and by far your weakest Finals opponent, down two key starters.
Get married.
Have multiple kids.
God said they are blessings.
Trust Him to provide for them.
Disciple them in the Lord.
Embrace the journey.
Leave a legacy.
The proper way to approach reading the Bible:
"What is God saying?"
not
"What does this mean to me?"
The Bible is not about you and I. It's all about God and His glory through the eternal redemption plan of salvation and restoration of all things from the curse of sin.
The debate we are watching is a mirror, it is us, we are seeing our marriages, our relationships, our churches, our social media engagements reenacted on national television.