When you think of the word “witness” what comes to mind? For many Christians the word “witness” is tied to evangelism and even believers will admit the term is scary. In reality, when Jesus tells us in Acts 1:8: “you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the…
Do good to your servant according to your word, LORD. Teach me knowledge and good judgment, for I trust your commands. Psalms 119: 65-66 NIV Sunday is a day of church for us. So recently when my fourteen year old son had a soccer game Sunday afternoon, and an opportunity to stay over night at…
As I worked through my Bible study this week, I was reminded of how important it is to periodically remember what the Lord has done for us throughout our lives. I refer to them as “mind markers.” In the Old Testament, when one of the patriarchs had a close encounter with Yahweh, they’d build an…
As I worked through my Bible study this week, I was reminded of how important it is to periodically remember what the Lord has done for us throughout our lives. I refer to them as “mind markers.” In the Old Testament, when one of the patriarchs had a close encounter with Yahweh, they’d build an…
This week I trekked to Ft. Worth to visit the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit. The scrolls, found in caves near Qumran by the Dead Sea, date back some 2,250 years and include fragments of 300 biblical manuscripts representing every book in the Hebrew Bible. I think it’s interesting our holy shepherd allowed a simple Bedouin…