Archive for September, 2005

September 25, 2005: 10:48 pm: Rants

Naked man disrupts local church service

Today’s example of the Body of Christ demonstrating the tender compassion, welcoming love and healing power of Christ to the broken brought to you by…

The way I read Matthew 25:43, Jesus showed up in Dayton today — and they got Him arrested…

September 24, 2005: 8:40 pm: Marriage, Prayer

Husbands and Wives: Beginning to Pray Together

The single most important act any couple will do for their marriage is to pray together.

: 8:30 pm: Anxiety, Grace

Reaching For Perfection

“A verse that drove my perfectionism in the past was Matthew 5:48, “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly father is perfect.” I’ve learned from my pastor that the word “perfect” comes from the word tellios, which means to fulfill a purpose.”

We do not have to do everything right.

: 1:32 am: Grace

Shovel Writings: Welcome Mat |

License to sin is not the result of “too much” liberty. It is the distortion of liberty … which is not liberty at all! It happens when you turn to the law (a principle, a rule, aka. “the right thing”) in the attempt to produce godliness. It comes from the consideration that some other good news can exist along side of the ONLY good news. Freedom is turned into an opportunity for the flesh when freedom becomes just another word for the concept of getting closer to God by something that you do. The words are there, but they have been changed to mean something else.