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Category Archives: Confession
Going Back Home
New York’s Bowery Mission was founded in 1879 and still serves today as a rescue mission and men’s shelter. Sam Hadley was once the superintendent there and told a certain story about the place. I’d like to share that story … Continue reading
Posted in Abortion, Addiction, Adultery, Alcohol, Backsliding, Belief, Brokenness, Change, Children, Confession, Conviction, Disobedience, Family, Fatherhood, Fear, Forgiveness, God's Love, Grace, Guilt, Love, Missions, New Year, Parenting, Problems, Rebellion, Reconciliation, Repentance, Salvation, Seeking Forgiveness, Sin, Youth
Tagged Bowery Mission, coming back home to God, Sam Hadley, story about the boy who ran away from home, telegraph "Come Home. Father."
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A Fresh Word from God
Now the boy Samuel ministered to the Lord before Eli. And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no widespread revelation. (1 Samuel 3:1, N.K.J.V.) The Hebrew word translated as “widespread revelation” in this verse … Continue reading
Posted in Backsliding, Character, Commitment, Confession, Discernment, Disobedience, Faithfulness, Fatherhood, God's Guidance, God's Will, God's Word, Greed, Obedience, Personal Holiness, Rebellion, Repentance, Restoration, Scripture, Sex, Sin, The Bible
Tagged a time when God wasn't speaking, Eli a failure as a father, God wanted to kill Hophni and Phinehas, Hophni and Phinehas were unbelievers, the Hebrew word hazon, the meaning of Proverbs 29:18, the word of the Lord was precious in those days, the word of the Lord was rare in those days, where there is no vision the people perish, why you can't hear God's voice
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Two Different Bible School Meetings
After a relatively successful V.B.S. at one of my former churches, I called for a meeting of the teachers and workers who had been involved with the effort. My purpose for the meeting was to assess what had gone well … Continue reading
Posted in Attitude, Backsliding, Brokenness, Christian Unity, Church, Church Attendance, Confession, Criticism, Extending Forgiveness, Forgiveness, God's Work, Humility, Ministry, Pastors, Personal, Pride, Problems, Reconciliation, Restoration, Worship
Tagged Church, follow-up V.B.S. meetings, handling conflict in churches, ministry, problems with Vacation Bible School, V.B.S., Vacation Bible School
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The Man Who Had to Lose His Eyes to See
It’s a shame that many people won’t become spiritually broken unless some type of tragedy happens to them. Samson is a classic case in point. He was Israel’s strongman, the champion of the tribe of Dan and the slayer of … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Backsliding, Brokenness, Character, Choices, Confession, Depravity, Desires, Disobedience, God's Chastening, God's Work, Personal Holiness, Rebellion, Repentance, Separation, Sex, Sin, Sowing and Reaping, Submission, Temptation
Tagged Bible, delilah, god, judges, Samson, Samson and Delilah, Samson and the foxes, Samson eating honey, Samson killing a thousand with the jawbobne of an ass, Samson losing his eyes, Samson sleeping with a harlot, Samson violating his vow, the Nazarite vow
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Idolatry
Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. (1 John 5:21, N.K.J.V.) The Old Testament’s history of Israel is dominated by the Jews committing the sin of idolatry. Even though the first two commandments of Israel’s law prohibited idolatry, the Jews … Continue reading
Posted in Backsliding, Balance, Commitment, Confession, Discipleship, Idolatry, Priorities, Repentance, Worship
Tagged Ganges River, Hindus who worship the Ganges River, missionary to India, repenting of your idolatry, subtle forms of idolatry, What did Jesus teach about idolatry?, What is an idol?
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Righteousness & You
“The Beatitudes” series: (post #4) “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled.” (Matthew 5:6, N.K.J.V.) With the fourth Beatitude from Matthew’s account of The Sermon on the Mount, we come to another difference … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, Backsliding, Belief, Bible Study, Change, Church Attendance, Confession, Discipleship, Doing Good, Drugs, Evangelism, Giving, Money, Obedience, Personal Holiness, Rebellion, Righteousness, Salvation, Sanctification, Series: "The Beatitudes", Stewardship, The Sermon On The Mount, Witnessing
Tagged Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, imparted righteousness, practicing righteousness, What does it mean to hunger and thirst after righteousness?
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Learning From Rhododendrons
When the calendar page rolls over to April and the weather turns noticeably warmer, my thoughts drift toward yardwork. Trust me when I say that I don’t eagerly embrace that drift. The way I see it, I’m an apartment or … Continue reading
Posted in Backsliding, Confession, Conviction, Faithfulness, God's Will, Personal, Rebellion, Repentance, Sanctification, Sin, Sowing and Reaping, Temptation
Tagged David and Bathsheba, doing yard work in the spring, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite, how sin can ruin your life, learning from rhododendrons, maintaining rhododendrons, sin in the life of the Christian, the negative effects of sin
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The Disciple's Road 