Years ago, my wife and I went on a kayak camping trip in Mexico. We started from a little town called Loreto which sits on the Gulf of California in Baja California. After a week of camping on the beach and swimming in salt water, we desperately needed a shower. When we finally got to…
What is the Gospel message? The word gospel has roots in many languages: Greek, Latin, Middle English and more. Yet they all come down to the hope and promise of Christ. The literal meaning of the word gospel is good message or good news. So the gospel is the good news of Jesus Christ. The…
What’s the easiest way to bring the Bible to life? Easy? Can anything be easy that comes from the Bible? Those pages don’t turn themselves. And they’re heavy, let me tell you. Enough kidding around. I want to bring the Bible to my life and I’m pretty sure you do too. Where do you start? Right…
Let’s step back a bit and look at prayer through God’s eyes rather than our own. What is God’s perspective on prayer? We can best learn his point of view from the Bible. God makes it clear throughout the Bible that prayer is the key to our relationship with him. Here is a great formula…
If you meet someone you like, how do you get to know her? Or him? The best way I know is by spending time together. Talking. Would you like to know God? If so, then you have to spend time together. Do you talk with God? Now the fact that God is in heaven and…
If I want to find God, the Bible tells me that I must seek him with all my heart. The best way I know to seek God is through prayer. Private, personal prayer. In this post and rest of this series, we’ll explore the habit and the art of finding God through prayer. Prayer becomes…