The adult attention span is about three minutes long. In a typical worship
service, I have about 25 minutes to preach. Sure, I could preach
longer, but people rarely listen longer. That means after every sermon,
every teaching session, there are always questions left over I didn’t have
time to answer. That’s why we came up with truthfulconversations.com. This
is a place where we can keep talking long after everyone else has gone home.
Sometimes, people will accuse me of not taking sin seriously enough. I believe following Christ is the best way to live… period. That’s what I talk about most… what a good thing it is to follow Christ. I don’t talk as much about the issue of sin. Oh, I’m aware of sin. I deal with it in my own life. I understand, from my life, from the lives of my friends and from the world we live in what sin does and how it destroys lives. I know all too well about sin and its consequences. I just would rather not ……
This past week I really enjoyed studying the story of Ruth. There is something very familiar about what happens to Naomi and Ruth and how God chooses to act in their stories. God is barely mentioned in the story and He never speaks at all. Doors are opened and closed. Opportunities are found and lost — and through it all, the end of the book shows us, God is working. Here are some things I wrote down to think about from this book. 1. Honesty is still the best policy. Naomi is very blunt about her situation. Many of us ……
The other day I was walking and I began to try and imagine what Dad was doing in heaven. Was he happy? What did he look like? Would I be able to recognize him? That led me to another question…what color is my dad’s hair. Here is why that matters. My father had beautiful silver hair. His hair looks like finely spun strands of pure silver. It was one of the most distinguishing features of my dad. Whenever I was looking for my dad, I would look for his hair. You could always find him in a crowd But ……
