Responsibility

Number 18:1 The LORD said to Aaron, “You, your sons and your family are to bear the responsibility for offenses connected with the sanctuary, and you and your sons alone are to bear the responsibility for offenses connected with the priesthood. Responsibility has become a dirty word these days. Everyone seems to point outwardContinue reading “Responsibility”

Start Time

Mark 13:32-34 Some people just can’t seem to show up on time. No matter the importance of the events, even weddings, some people have their person, internal clocks set in such a way that they are always late. For some it is an unconscious thing. They don’t even realize it. They aren’t in aContinue reading “Start Time”

Teaching Amazement

Mark 11:18 Have you ever had anyone teach you something in such a way that it amazed you? Or maybe it wasn’t the way they taught you, but the content that amazed you. I’m talking jaw-dropping amazement. The spiritual leaders of Jesus’ day had a big problem. Jesus! His teaching had such aContinue reading “Teaching Amazement”

Unexpected Dinner Guests

Mark 6:37-38 How do you handle unexpected guests for a meal? How would you handle ten extra people? How about 5000? I would probably panic! Handling the unexpected is a skill that many people haven’t mastered in their lives. Most of us love to feel like we are in control, or at least likeContinue reading “Unexpected Dinner Guests”

Ear Guards

Mark 4:23-24a Have you ever found yourself singing a song that you don’t like? And then it gets stuck in your queue and you can’t seem to get it out of your mind. Over and over it rolls. This bothers me the most when the reason the song got stuck there in the firstContinue reading “Ear Guards”

Responsibility

Mark 1:19-20 Responsibilities! We all have them. How does the Gospel impact those responsibilities? Does the call of God supersede our responsibilities? How do we handle seemingly conflicting sets of responsibilities? We may not be facing these types of conflicts right now, but at some point in our life these conflicts will arise. Continue reading “Responsibility”

Renounce

Proverbs 17:2 We have the ability to renounce our citizenship. We can voluntarily give up our rights and the protections afforded us citizens of a nation. In fact, giving up citizenship is one of the ways that some people are trying to avoid all the taxes and regulations that are about to hit usContinue reading “Renounce”

Hormones

Proverbs 15:5 Discipline can be something very unwanted. Sometimes we just want to do what we want to do, and we don’t want anyone telling us anything different. We don’t want a pesky conscience speaking up. We don’t want the Holy Spirit speaking. We just want to do it without restraint. And this isn’tContinue reading “Hormones”

Own It

Proverbs 14:9 One of the tasks of parenting is to teach our kids to take responsibility for their actions. This seems to be something so fundamental that I almost feel like not discussing it, except that there are so many parents who do fail at this simple task. There seems to be an ever increasingContinue reading “Own It”