"If you have run with footmen and they have wearied you, Then how can you compete with hor

2012-02-09T20:08:00.000-08:00

An analysis of Coldplay: "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall" I turn the music up, I got my records on, I shut the world outside until the lights come on. Maybe the streets alight, Maybe the trees are gone, But I feel my heart start beating, To my favorite song. And all the kids they dance, All the kids all night, Until Monday morning feels another life. I turn the music up, I’m on a roll this

Finding our Complex CALLING in God's Simple WILL

2010-09-08T13:06:00.000-07:00

Knowing our calling in life seems to be one of the most complex enigmas that each individual encounters. Yet an enigma that is worth the time for any individual to set out and solve. We can trust that we can know our calling because it is set forth by a loving God. I am not going to tell you what your calling is, rather I'm going to share with you the directions. Many of us are constantly

God's ability to be GREAT is greater than our ability to be good!

2010-07-21T08:39:00.000-07:00

Woohoo, sounds good - sign me up! And it doesn't stop there. In Genesis 17:1-2 God speaks to Abe, "I am God Almighty; Walk before Me, and BE BLAMELESS. And I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly. Prior to when God said this statement, Abe just came out a season of making some colossal life mistakes (this is refreshing, because so have I). God

How Humility is connected to Faith

2010-07-12T15:13:00.000-07:00

[Honest Abe told the most powerful man of Las Vegas], "I have sworn to the Lord God Most Hight, possessor of heaven and earth, that I will not take a [a cent from you] in case you should say, 'I have made [Honest] Abe rich'... "After these things the word of the Lord came to Abe in a vision saying, 'Do not fear, Abe, I am a shield to you; Your reward shall be very great." Genesis 14: 22-23 & 15:1

Please tolerate my refusal for tolerance

2010-05-26T03:17:00.000-07:00

Please tolerate my refusal for tolerance! Does this sound like sarcasm? Does this sound crass and unloving? It is definitely not! The tolerance of today opposes sincere love, and it deserves to be brought into light. In fact, the tolerance addressed here (the new branch sprouted: the consent to immorality) is a form of abuse! I like the way Dr.

1st Update Since Returning from China

2010-05-18T01:07:00.000-07:00

LEAN NOT on YOUR own UNDERSTANDING

2009-07-18T20:05:00.000-07:00

By the Lord's faithfulness, I report to you that my plans have been delayed for departure to China.My doctors and my godly counselors urged me to stay until my health improved. The Horizon Macau board lovingly shared that I would potentially be a burden to Rusty. My Hong Kong employer told me that it would be okay to wait a few months (till September) so that my body could mend. As if this

Trust in the Lord with ALL of YOUR HEART!

2009-07-11T11:10:00.000-07:00

Trust in the Lord with ALL of YOUR HEART! How wonderful it is to trust the Lord. Our confidence can only be in Him. Does He not know how to give good gifts? It is He that wants to know us intimately. To trust Him with all my heart is to excitedly surrender all to Him. True humility, none of me and all of Him!"Be still and know that I am God!" "Seek first the Kingdom of God" "Taste and see