Do not be lazy. Be like those who have faith and have not given up. They will receive what God has promised them. Hebrews 6:12 Read: Luke 9:57-62, Hebrews 6:1-12 Relate: Pliable thrashes his way to the edge of the Slough nearest home, hauls himself out, and without so much as a backward glance at his…
The Slough of Despond is not an obstacle placed there by an enemy. It is not a punishment. It is simply the natural consequence of a person who has just come alive to their own sinfulness.
Obstinate and Pliable are people who are in our churches, in our small groups, in our families… and in our own mirrors?
He is running toward a gate he has never seen, because a man he barely knows pointed toward a light in the far off distance.
You cannot see it from a distance and demand proof before you take a step. The gate only reveals itself to those already walking.
He simply says, “Go that way. The gate is there. Knock and it will be opened for you.”
Faith, when it’s real, tends to disturb the peace of the people around us before it transforms them.
Most of us spend enormous energy making sure our rags do not show.
The Historical Impact of John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress There is a peculiar kind of grace that attaches itself to words written in chains. The Apostle Paul knew it. Jeremiah knew it. And a tinker’s son from Bedfordshire, England, a mender of pots and a preacher without a pulpit, came to know it too.…
John Bunyan: Tinker, Prisoner, Pilgrim There is a particular kind of pride that comes from having nothing, the kind that refuses to apologize for where it started. John Bunyan had that pride, and he wore it like a badge. He was born in 1628 in Elstow, a small village just south of Bedford, England, to…
This last month has been incredibly hard. But there is, without question, nowhere I would rather be.
I know that His grace is far more than sufficient for all of my failures. But sometimes in the moment, I don’t know know it. Do you know what I mean? Am I the only one?
November Missions Update
When Nehemiah returned to Jerusalem to begin rebuilding the walls, he had no idea just exactly what he was stepping into.
I may not be able to help them all, but I can help this one.
THE RIVER WALK 