Last Updated on Saturday, 10 July 2010 07:58 Posted by Clash Sunday, 25 July 2010 01:52
Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart,for it is the wellspring of life.
By now you’re well into your summer and for a young person that can be good or bad, depending on the choices you make. Summer can be a wonderfully fun time where you enjoy the things you like to do, spend time with friends, and perhaps engage in projects or trips that can enhance your worldview.
Last Updated on Saturday, 10 July 2010 07:51 Posted by Clash Sunday, 18 July 2010 01:20
Ecclesiastes 12:1 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say,"I find no pleasure in them"
What are you doing this summer? I had a talk with a youth leader a few days ago and he shared a concern with me. He says that teenagers typically take the summer off, not just from school, but from God.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 June 2010 15:03 Posted by Clash Sunday, 11 July 2010 01:32
Matthew 16:18: And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it
If I had a dollar for every Debbie Downer book on the American church, I’d make Warren Buffet look like a poverty-stricken college freshman.
It seems every single day, Christian pollsters, pastors, authors, and just ordinary folks are telling us that the American church is basically fat, lazy, and doesn’t care. And if we don’t do certain things (the seven points in their book), the church will cease to exist.
But I don’t see it. In fact, I’m excited about the next generation of believers, especially among the young people I see.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 June 2010 15:02 Posted by Clash Sunday, 04 July 2010 01:23
Philippians 2:15 "so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe"
So, it has all come down to this. You put on your best suit and then you throw a very hot robe on top of it and then someone puts a strange-looking hat on your head.
But you love it, because it means that you’re joining some of your best friends and you’re walking down that aisle.
All the studying. All the consultations with teachers. All the parental nagging about homework and grades.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 June 2010 15:02 Posted by Clash Sunday, 27 June 2010 01:50
Proverbs 10:1: The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother
So Father’s Day passed—did you do anything for Dad? I hope you did, because you may not realize the full impact of your father’s influence.
I once heard radio pastor, Erwin Lutzer say that your relationship with your father is your most important relationship on earth, because it is your first glimpse of your Heavenly Father.
I believe that to be true.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 June 2010 12:56 Posted by Clash Wednesday, 23 June 2010 01:45
By Christian Miles, 16
When I was nine my mom told me God had given me a talent for writing. At that age her words were enough to keep me going, but seven years later things have gotten harder. It’s easy to look at what I’ve written at the end of the day and doubt that God has really given me a talent. Most of the time I’m left thinking, Who in their right mind would kill a tree to publish this?
Last Updated on Friday, 28 May 2010 18:33 Posted by Clash Sunday, 20 June 2010 01:13
John 13:31-38
What does a good Christian look like?
Does he have a nice haircut?
Does he have the right Bible version?
Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 June 2010 14:38 Posted by Clash Sunday, 13 June 2010 01:00
John 13:1-17
One of my favorite shows on television is Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe. It’s a great show, because Mike finds the hardest, dirtiest, smelliest jobs, rolls up his sleeves, and enters into the everyday work life of American’s working men and women.
Last Updated on Thursday, 27 May 2010 12:58 Posted by Clash Sunday, 06 June 2010 01:40
John 12:25 "The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life."
I’ve read John 12:25 quite a few times in my Christian journey and yet I never fully grasped its meaning until recently.
Last Updated on Thursday, 27 May 2010 12:57 Posted by Clash Sunday, 30 May 2010 01:36
Scripture: 1 John 1:8-10 "If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives."
I got on the scale today and was angry. I’m on a diet and could have swore I dropped three lbs. But after weighing myself twice, it was true. I gained one pound.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 April 2010 08:21 Posted by Clash Sunday, 16 May 2010 08:17
Scripture: 1 John 1:8-10 "If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives."
Yesterday I head a former member of the Chicago Cubs take his bitter rantings to the airwaves. As a devoted follower of the Cubs, I had to laugh, because what he said didn’t at all match up with reality. And on sports talk radio, newspapers, and water coolers everywhere, Cub fans were saying, Is he serious?
Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 April 2010 10:35 Posted by Clash Sunday, 09 May 2010 07:57
Scripture: 1 John 1:8-10 "If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives."
Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 April 2010 07:47 Posted by Clash Sunday, 02 May 2010 01:50
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9:24 "Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize."
I’m about as athletic as a shoebox, but I enjoy watching competitive sports. ESPN is my favorite channel, followed closely by ESPN2, ESPN NEWS, ESPN Classic, and the NFL Network.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 April 2010 08:01 Posted by Clash Sunday, 25 April 2010 01:36
Scripture: Judges 6
If you could choose the least likely hero to lead Israel out of the mess they had created for themselves, you would pick Gideon.
Last Updated on Saturday, 27 March 2010 11:47 Posted by Clash Sunday, 18 April 2010 01:04
Scripture: Hebrews 11:31 "By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient."
I was just finishing up a devotional about Rahab when I hit the spellcheck function on my word processor. As usual, it tried to spit out the Bible words. But I did a double-take when it got to Rahab. The word it chose as a replacement was . . . rehab.
Last Updated on Saturday, 27 March 2010 11:49 Posted by Clash Sunday, 11 April 2010 01:56
Scripture: Matthew 1
As a Bible reader all my life, inevitably my daily reading found its way to the perplexingly boring section in the New Testament with a lot of weird sounding names and a bunch of begats.
I could never understand why The New Testament, the story of Jesus Christ—God coming to earth in the flesh—begins with a boring list of names. If the Bible is really the living breathing Word of God, as Christians believe, then why hide the good stuff behind a seemingly insignificant genealogy?
Last Updated on Friday, 26 March 2010 18:35 Posted by Clash Sunday, 04 April 2010 01:37
Scripture: Colossians 3:23 "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men,"...
Every year I dreaded September. Why? Because September was the start of conditioning for varsity basketball. Conditioning meant one thing. Lots and lots of sweat. We ran miles, we did countless wind sprints—40,60,100’s. We ran stairs and hills, we pushed cars and jumped rope. We did lateral slides. Oh, the joy of conditioning.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 April 2010 07:59 Posted by Clash Wednesday, 31 March 2010 01:37
So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. James 4:7 NLT
Everyday we come in contact with some pretty tough situations. Times when there isn’t anyone to turn to and nobody to stand by your side. Sin stares you right in the face and haunts your every move. It stalks you around every turn and is determined to pin you in a corner so you can’t escape.
Last Updated on Friday, 26 March 2010 20:29 Posted by Clash Sunday, 28 March 2010 01:50
Scripture: 1 Peter 1:5-6 "who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials."
“You will never get that from them.” The words of a friend who was discussing a situation I encountered where someone honestly wronged me. “They won’t say sorry, guaranteed.”
Last Updated on Thursday, 25 March 2010 10:52 Posted by Clash Wednesday, 24 March 2010 01:22
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