Category Archives: Devotional

Musings and Confessions from Personal Bible Study

What if Jesus Had No Feet?

What if Jesus had no feet?  I mean what if he didn’t really walk the dusty roads of Palestine or the traverse the stormy Sea of Galilee.  What if he never climbed a mountain in the wilderness or trudged on … Continue reading →

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Obsessed

“We are consumed by safety. Obsessed with it, actually. Now, I’m not saying it is wrong to pray for God’s protection, but I am questioning how we’ve made safety our highest priority. We’ve elevated safety to the neglect of whatever … Continue reading →

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How Can I Sing?

“How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land? If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill! Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, … Continue reading →

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Sola Scriptura…Sola Fide…Sola Gratia…Solo Christo

Scripture alone, by faith alone, through grace alone, in Christ alone.   For hundreds upon hundreds of years the church had inserted itself in between the sinner and the Savior.  In order to be right with God one must first … Continue reading →

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Overwhelmed

[picapp src=”4/a/6/6/Swimming_Day_Eight_ce39.jpg?adImageId=6976230&imageId=5748764″ width=”234″ height=”156″ /]Being overwhelmed.  Most any of our contemporaries may relate to that sensation of drowning in a sea of obligations, appointments, responsibilities, requirements.  It is an odd living we have created for ourselves.  We, who have more and … Continue reading →

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Why the Heavens Sing for Joy

It is too small a thing for those who are rescued from death to be gathered into little groups of self-congratulatory societies. (Isaiah 49.6) The sequestering of the recipients of God’s grace in Christ Jesus is a hellish activity. The salvation work … Continue reading →

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