Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder

Make a promise. Keep a promise.  Say yes, mean yes.  Say no, mean no.

Or, stick a few words in there that give support to your otherwise weak, untruthful words?!?!  Does saying, "I swear on the Bible"…

Jesus says there is no "easy divorce."

Consider this: the "easiest" way to get out of a marriage is DEATH.  That means that everything else is MORE DIFFICULT than death.

Why is divorce so hard?  Well, …

Osteosarcoma is a nasty bone tumor that grows aggressively, spreads aggressively, and basically it aggressively wants to kill you.  Similarly, little old lust has the same pattern. So rather than a r…

Looking can lead to looking with lustful intent.  This is bad because it is equated with adultery. Who says so?  Jesus is clarifying the 10 commandmentsin his sermon on the mount.  We understand this…

You won't like this lesson on anger anymore than yesterday's.  He goes all practical on us and reminds us that stuck human relationships can result in a stuck relationship with God.  He tells us that…

Listening to this podcast for 7 minutes will probably make you angry.  I'm angry that the Lord lowers the bar of murder all the way down to anger.  Specifically MY ANGER.  But I LIKE being angry some…

Jesus says that if you don't do this task, you will NEVER enter the Kingdom of God.  We probably should pay pretty close attention to that task.

What is it? Being BETTER in keeping all the Old Testame…

Today in 7 minutes we assess our characteristics, our location and our purpose. We are to be a shiny, influential, purposeful person and group of people.  We are to be using our gifts and using them …

On the first day of the High School my kids went to, the seniors greeted the incoming freshman buses.  They cheered and encouraged the incoming freshmen.  Basically, they said, "you can do this...be …

The beatitudes are a little crazy.  They say that I am BLESSED if somebody REVILES me.  That is, they use the harshest verbal attacks possible.  The modifier is that my representation and reflection …

We are able to help people make peace with God because of violence.
We are liable to receive violence when this peacemaking is offered.
Peacemaking is a bloody enterprise.

Peace with God requires the ex…

There is a perfect standard of heart holiness that God requires.  He gets to make the rules.  The big question is then how do we get there?

It is so very important.  Our heart is the core, the inner s…

We all want SATISFACTION.  It is not a bad goal.  What is the road to satisfaction paved with?  Today we find out. 

I don't know about you, but I experience hunger and thirst as actual pains. Welcome …

How do you win a crying, scared two-year old child?  Wrong answer: with POWER and command, "STOP CRYING!" Right answer: with meekness.  You still are the adult in the room, you have 'infinite' power.…

"Good Grief" said the wise Charlie Brown.  Let's consider for 7 minutes what can be good about GRIEF, MOURNING and WEEPING.  Jesus agrees with Charlie.  Blessed are those who weep and mourn.

There is …

What is your friend if you are a friend of Jesus?  What benefits and assists the Christian walk? Alternatively, are there things that could drag you down with liability?  Welcome to the BEATITUDES.  …

The names of the 12 Apostles are literally going to be on the gates and on the foundations of the heavenly city of the New Jerusalem.  The place where you are going to live forever, is going to have …