For years I’ve felt serious, concentrated frustration as I’ve watched people make decisions that will wreck their lives, especially in situations where we discussed it ahead of time. As I was thinking about one particularly heartbreaking situation that’s currently playing out, I was struck with an epiphany that may finally help me pinpoint a reason [...]
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Saw something on this recently, but can’t remember where or I’d give credit. We’re used to everything having an appraised value, which is a value based on assets & liabilities. The value of a car is determined by its year, the kind of shape it’s in, the additional options it has and how high the [...]
The older I get the more I’m learning the importance of seasons in life. In the life of a church; in the life of your kids; in the life of your marriage; in your job – everything moves in seasons. This idea isn’t original to me. Solomon was an early identifier of this principle: “There [...]
I wanted to take a moment and talk to some of you who have truly been seeking to follow God more closely over the past few weeks/months. You’ve slowly moved from investigator to follower. And it’s time for you to take your next step: you need to be baptized. I can give you several reasons [...]
I’ve posted this on twitter & fb a few times, but as an fyi… My fried Nelson Allsup is a Christian Counselor with an office in Winter Park that I’ve seen several times for spiritual “tune-ups” over the past 2 years. Recently he’s been making the drive to RPC on Thursdays and using our conference [...]
