Ruminations

I’m going through Proverbs.
It’s a strange kind of a manuscript.
I have dutifully read through it humpteen times over the years. I’ve taken snippets of it on various occasions and applied them in various and sundry manners. If you were to ask me if it was a book of the Bible that I enjoy, I’d reply [...]

I’m beginning a new series at The Message this Sunday called Unbelievable. I’ll be exploring the impossibility of Jesus and why his claims are so unbelievable. You might find it… interesting.
Comfort Suites Magnolia Greens in Leland, 6:00 p.m. The coffee is on me!

When the master of ceremonies tasted the water that was now wine, not knowing where it had come from (though, of course, the servants knew)…*
Imagine for just a minute that you are one of these servants. You are a servant, not someone important, and can get into some serious trouble if you are goofing [...]

I’ve got a couple of years under my belt and more than my fair share of gray hairs to accent the battles I’ve been engaged in while roaming this globe. I’ve seen enough to know that I don’t know what I thought I did; I’ve done enough to know that I’m not that skilled; I’ve [...]

Benaiah. Lion. Pit. Snowy day.
Thanks to Mark Batterson, many know the story.
It wasn’t an accident; he didn’t fall into the pit that held a lion. It wasn’t an attack; the lion hadn’t come after him. The circumstances surrounding the event were simply that, circumstances; the snow, the pit… they were merely the settings, not the [...]

When fishing you don’t use a log for pole, chain for line and lobster for bait while screaming “bite or go to hell” The wise win souls  –Tommy Tenney Tweet, January 30,2010

I’m finding it interesting to see how our environment so colors what we read in the Word.
We tend to interpret our world based on our experiences. While that works relatively well in our normal environment, it typically works poorly in a foreign environment. I learned that the hard way many years ago on my first [...]

The things that are out there…

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Biblical citations inscribed on U.S.-manufactured weapon sights used by New Zealand’s troops in Afghanistan will be removed because they are inappropriate and could stoke religious tensions, said Thursday.
Markings included “JN8:12,” a reference to John 8:12: “Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, ‘I am the light [...]

I’ve been rediscovering the Jesus story by way of John the last several weeks.
I’m actually trying to read it “differently.” That is, I’m trying to read it for what it says, not what I think it says, not for “distance” (how far or fast I can go), not via programed reading. I might read a [...]

I read this earlier today:
Now John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water, and people were constantly coming to be baptized. (This was before John was put in prison.)
The parenthetical really stood out. What was happening at that moment wasn’t the reality when the text was being penned. It [...]