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 salves, and whose actions resulted in the abandonment of illegitimate children? Something has happened to this Abram since he first heard the Voice. Over a hundred... Read More
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 name of the LORD and rely on his God. Isaiah 50:10 For the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity. Proverbs... Read More
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 is with me. ” The American response was typically, “I can overcome this, I just have to work harder.” Or... Read More
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 his way would lead to greater depth, pleasure, and happiness. You and I were born into Adam’s line. We are born diseased with Sin, and bent toward rebellion... Read More
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 that no one will malign the word of God. Similarly, encourage the young men to be self-controlled. In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity,... Read More
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 being exceptional in that category! Interestingly enough by the time I reached 1st grade, my parents concerns shifted one-eighty. They felt I wasn’t gaining enough weight and was too skinny, so they took me... Read More
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 much throughout these past 7 months it would be impossible to recount them all if you haven’t been following along on my www.xanga.com/psychoshell Currently I am living with a wonderful... Read More
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. If God is just, then we all deserve death. Death being eternal separation from our greatest good, God. so God is Just? Sacrifice. Throughout the old testament sheep and goats were sacrificed for... Read More