Trusting the Voice
Abraham, old enough to be dead, rises “early the next morning,”1 when God tells him to kill his only son Issac. He doesn’t delay, defy, or bargain with God. How is this the same Abram whose fear of man almost got his wife raped (twice), who willingly broke his martial covenant by having sex with [...]
hello hurricane
Hello Hurricane, you’re not enough Hello Hurricane, you can’t silence my love All your death and fury’s not enough … you can’t silence my love Hello Hurricane / Switchfoot Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of his servant? Let him who walks in darkness and has no light trust in the [...]
A people set apart for Himself
Excerpt from When People are Big and God is Small [Chapter 12]: Recently there was an interesting study that contrasted the Japanese response to personal trials with the American response. The question was, How did people comfort themselves during these difficulties? The Japanese consistently said, “I think about my family. I imagine that my family [...]
the rights of the clay
A glorious, loving, perfect, powerful, holy, just, and merciful God created everything that you and I know. Adam in Eden committed treason against this God. In one act he demonstrated to God that he knew better than the most wise Creator God. He actually believed that God was keeping him from what was best, that [...]
what must be taught
Paul writes to Titus to encourage and instruct him as to what must be taught to God’s people. Titus 2:1-8 (4-8) Then they can train the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so [...]
embracing your unique weirdness
My name is Drew Tufano I was born to my parents Andrew and Jeanette Tufano on November 13, 1984. I weighted 9 lbs and was 22 inches long. I’m not sure if you know much about newborns, but I was huge! I even won a candy bar in my biology class 7th grade year for [...]
where to start?
hey guys, it’s michelle – you know, the one living as your neighbor to the south. drew asked me if i would start writing on here and i love the idea of this site – hope i can encourage and add to this positively… where do i even start? God has been teaching me so [...]
perfectly reconciled
God is Just. The penalty of sin is death. Sin is not just the bad things we do, but a condition we’re born with. So we’re all guilty. We’re all sinners. We have a disease that we can not cure. and God is Just. Justice is receiving what you deserve. So we have a problem. [...]