Reading: Romans 13: 8-10 Reflective Thoughts Personal Debt The Federal Reserve in 2010 indicated that the total amount of consumer debt in the U.S. economy was $2.4 trillion dollars. That works out to around $7,800 for every man, woman and … Read More
Reading: Romans 13:1-7 Reflective Thoughts Third Year Followers It’s not easy to follow a leader you don’t like. If you didn’t know who the president was, you could probably tell by who is complaining about him-at least until year three … Read More
Reading: Romans 12:14-21 Reflective Thoughts Inside out If you want to get people’s attention, say the unexpected. Tell the underclass that the Kingdom of God is meant for them. Tell people that they are blessed if they mourn, or if … Read More
Reading: Romans 12: 1-13 Reflective Thoughts Crawling off the Altar Sometimes touching base with friends at the beginning of the week sounds like a comparative analysis of whose schedule is busiest. A recent study in Great Britain suggested that the … Read More
Reading: Romans 11: 6-36 Reflective Thoughts The In Crowd From James Dean in Rebel without a Cause to Ellen Page in Juno Hollywood has made a cinematic killing featuring outsiders and underdogs. That’s because whether you grew up in an … Read More
Reading: Romans 11: 1-5 Reflective Thoughts A remnant by grace Nothing makes us feel smaller than a struggle that is bigger than we are. Ironically, sometimes this becomes most evident after we’ve won major battles. Elijah faced 400 opponents … Read More
Reading: Romans 10 Reflective Thoughts How will they hear? Statistics do not always like us. The Barna group and others have claimed for years that Christians are no different than the world. They say the divorce rate among Evangelicals is … Read More
Reading: Romans 9:24-33 Reflective Thoughts The Choice My best birthday present ever, never happened. I was seven, and I was at a store in Kearny, New Jersey, called “Two Guys.” They sold pets next to the hardware section and in … Read More
Reading: Romans 9:1-23 Reflective Thoughts The Execution You shuffle into the room, cold and sweaty. People scowl at you behind the window-but you can’t see them. The window is mirror on your side of the room, and you see … Read More
Reading: Romans 8:28-39 Reflective Thoughts All things Our relationship, from my childhood through adulthood, had been tenuous and tumultuous. Years of estrangement from my dad, followed by an illness that took away his mind made making peace with him seem … Read More