Tag Archives: obedience

The Fruit of Faith

Obedience. I’m thinking that, in general, it doesn’t rank in the list of the world’s top ten words to embrace. That, for many, the word comes with at least some baggage. Perhaps some having experienced, grudgingly, a forced obedience to … Continue reading →

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Reading Our Vitals

Yesterday, as I was reading in 1John, I started thinking about vital signs. Indicators that there’s life, particularly indicators of spiritual life. Yesterday I read that if we find that there’s an innate love for others who claim the name … Continue reading →

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The Will of God

Sometimes you gotta dig . . . other times it’s handed to you on a silver platter. Sometimes you don’t know what God wants you to do from a given passage . . . and then there’s those other times … Continue reading →

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Let Down the Nets

It came out of nowhere. One moment Jesus is teaching the crowd, the next he’s talking to the fisherman. With one breath Jesus is revealing the coming of the kingdom of God, with the next he says, “Go fishing.” And … Continue reading →

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A Dinner Invitation

In many ways it’s kind of a confusing story. Not the part about the man of God sent to King Jeroboam to pronounce judgment on the king for his idolatrous leadership of the northern kingdom. That part’s pretty clear. The … Continue reading →

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The Obedience of Faith

Yesterday was a pretty big deal at Lake Tapps Community Church, or as my friend Garry says, at L-T-double-C. First ever in-house baptisms. Four young people confessing Christ as Savior. The testimonies were enough to bring many to tears. The … Continue reading →

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