Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder

We are like the child on the playground who calls out to another, "My Dad is BIGGER THAN YOUR DAD." And it is indeed true.  Spiritually, we are in the family of the MEGA-DAD.

He's great in SIZE, in VO…

When a boy falls in love with a girl, he takes an interest in the things that interest her. Similarly, as we become more closely associated with the Lord, we will begin to love what He loves. 

The Peo…

Our capacity for self-deception is infinite. God's capacity for deception is ZERO. He knows everything and accurately sees both the outside and the inside; the hands and the heart.

Interior love is pr…

If there were only my ACTIONS toward the brotherhood, what would they convey about my feelings toward GOD?  Would they demonstrate that I love God? Or, could someone even say, 'your actions look like…

Everybody "votes with their feet" regarding their choice of Who to follow. Generally, allegiance with the Lord will result in evidence of knowing and and seeing Him.  Children of God resemble being i…

What does a small child "add" to the equation of adoption? What "asset" do they bring to the table? Primarily NEEDFULNESS, IMHO.

We are referred to in the Bible as His CHILDREN for this reason.  We oo…

This Podcast drops on Christmas morning.  I hope there is the smell of bacon in your kitchen right now. On this seasonal day, we have a chance to LOVE HIS APPEARING. Mary and Joseph get that chance. …

On Christmas Eve, we seasonally WAIT for Christ to be born. 1 Jn reminds us to also WATCH for the anti-Christ. He's predicted, a poser, and powerful, even doing signs and wonders.

During Christ's eart…

I thought this passage was going to say, "the Bible is a SIN story." Certainly, that is a part of the tale. That idea was swallowed by the context of a famous passage about sin. It was swallowed by L…

The reason you get a miracle is so that you can give a miracle. John is charging his readers to know all the great blessings that God has given them so that they ACT LIKE IT. Specifically, go love th…

John was there 40+ years before the moment when Jesus gave a "NEW" (but old) commandment at the last supper.  It was TO LOVE.  Love a brother or a sister or a neighbor.  The new part was that it was …

If you want to find a person that is sinning LESS than they did last year, start by finding a person who is quick to say, "I am a SINNER." It is in the confession, that ACCESS to the HELP AVAILABLE s…

God is light and the people of God are supposed to "walk in the light".  They are to be associated similarly with His lightedness. They are to be known by that light, just like God is. 

Walking with G…

A doxology is the speaking of the praiseworthiness of God. But what's in it for me?

In the most famous doxology in Scripture, the answer is PLENTY. He is ABLE TO KEEP ME FROM STUMBLING. He helps TODAY…

When you go to church, the place should smell like smoke.  Everybody there is either in need of being SNATCHED from the fire, or HAS BEEN SNATCHED from the fire. Nobody comes to the Lord who isn't im…

Jude is an emergency letter written in an emergency situation.  The essence of it is a LEADERSHIP CRISIS. Leadership crisis are particularly bad because it is the fastest way to take out the whole sw…

Jude writes an emergency letter occasioned by an emergency sexual situation founded on an emergency attitude toward God. Because BEHAVIOR betrays BELIEF, what is going on with people's ZIPPER  shows …

One of the people Jesus left to lead the 1st generation of the church was his actual brother, JUDE. He was one of the family members that thought Jesus "out of His mind" before the resurrection (Mark…

We leave the book of Hebrews with our pockets full of HELP.  We have the PAST (the great cloud of witnesses) helping us with our NOW. We have the example of Jesus (who for the joy set before Him He e…