When I think about past sins, I can’t help but cringe.
Recalling the mistakes I’ve made in my walk with Christ is never a comfortable experience. When circumstances arise that call to mind the ways I have erred against my God, the events flood back into my mind.
What happens at this point is key. (more…)
As I progress as a runner, I am learning that a good amount of my time is spent on injury management. Running really isn’t about whether or not you will get hurt… it’s about how badly you’ll hurt and what you do to push through it.
Of course, it doesn’t help that I recently had a birthday. Brian Regan once said that, once you reach a certain age, when you injure yourself, you pretty much need to get used to that pain in perpetuity. In the same vein, Matt Chandler once mentioned that it is actually possible to hurt yourself while sleeping. (more…)
I’ve been a Christian for 31 years, and I still hear and read and learn new things from the Bible on a regular basis.
Sometimes, truths are completely new. And other times, there are things that I hear that are phrased in such a way that my imagination works overtime to fill in the blanks.
In a recent sermon, Derek Holmes at LBT said something in a way that I hadn’t thought about before. Our church is going though a study of the book of James on Sunday mornings. Preaching from James 1, Derek stated that the Devil used to be the lord of our flesh, so he is well versed in how to tempt us.
I never really thought about that!
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Not a Camouflaged Soul 