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Sep 2018
This morning I’m reposting a wonderful blog that Jennifer Rothschild wrote back in February of 2016. It beautifully considers the story of Hosea and Gomer and wrestles with the idea of how we far too often throw love away. As always, I’ve included reflective questions at the end. Enjoy! P. Gene The Incredible Scandal of God’s Perfect Love “Mom, do you have to write on my napkin?” That was 5-year-old Conner’s question after his first week of kindergarten. Every day I packed his lunch. Along with his juice box and peanut butter......
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August 28, 2018
Godly Living in a Godless Age, Part 2
This is a continuation of yesterday’s blog. Please see the introduction to that blog if you missed it. P. Gene Keeping Life in Perspective Sin always brings some form of death. Always. Jesus always...
August 27, 2018
Godly Living in a Godless Age, Part 1
Our Greatest Challenge It’s clearly the greatest challenge any believer faces in following Jesus today: How can I remain godly in a godless age? This week I’m doing something a bit differently in the blogs....
August 21, 2018
The Divine Sigh
Have you ever heard the sound of God sighing within you? He lives in you, if you’ve come to Jesus by faith in who He is and what He’s done. Paul calls it a mystery...
August 20, 2018
‘What More Could I Have Done?’
Parents want the very best for our children. We raise them, love them, nurture them, guide them, pray for them, and pray for them and then pray for them again! But many a broken-hearted parent...
August 14, 2018
Four Things That Even God Calls Impossible
‘If God can do anything, can He create a rock so heavy that He can’t lift it,’ asks the clever sceptic. ‘Maybe not, but He can certainly create one heavy enough to drop on your...
August 13, 2018
Catching a Glimpse of the Glory
‘Be practical!’ ‘Application, application, application!’ In seminary I learned that the key to preaching an effective sermon is practical application. Today, the focus of sermons is usually the audience: ‘What will he or she hear...
August 07, 2018
Shipwrecked!
In 1 Timothy Paul tells of a shipwreck. Not of a first century wooden ship piling her hull upon the rocks, mind you, but a shipwreck nonetheless. And one no less terrifying than any of...
August 06, 2018
Drifting from the Father’s Love
In Luke 15, a conflict is about to bust out between Jesus and the Pharisees and scribes. Jesus is becoming popular – too popular – and with all the wrong kinds of people. “Now the...
July 31, 2018
Living Inside Out
It’s a theme that runs throughout the New Testament: to follow Jesus means to live inside out. That’s not to say that the outside doesn’t matter – it does! God holds us accountable for what...