Here is part of an entry that I will be posting late tonight on the Paul and Timothy Blog.  
Years ago, I would have never imagined that I would ever be pursuing a formal seminary education.  The christian community/tradition I was in was pretty anti-institutional in many respects.  We called seminary “cemetery”, and it was only [...]

Exodus 1:12.
You recall the context. Years after Jacob (Israel) moved the whole family to Egypt, a new Pharaoh arose who did not look kindly on the quickly multiplying children of Israel. This new Pharaoh said, “let us deal shrewdly with [the children of Israel], lest they multiply” (v.10). So the Egyptians tried to work them [...]

The following is a short clip of Paul Washer at a revival conference in Atlanta Georgia this past week. He gives, what in many ways would be defined in the New Testament as a prophetic word. I have listened to a few Paul Washer’s sermons before, and by my judgment (according to what I [...]

I saw the razor sharp teeth of an ancient man eating lion in fresh perspective today. I saw how we as people often feel good by feeling better.
The joy, excitement, and sense of belonging we feel by self-justifying our existence through proving our superiority over others, is indeed terrifying. In order to revel [...]

With all the talk about our economy, I am reminded of a proverb that speaks very wise and pointedly about personal economy.
Proverbs 30:8-9 reads:
give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, lest I be full and deny you and say, “Who is the LORD?” or lest I [...]

This is a link to an article by Associated Press writer TIm Sullivan, found on Yahoo News about the recent rise in persecution againt Christians in Orissa, India.
Christians are getting beaten, their houses and churches burned, women raped, and many are being killed if they refuse to convert to Hinduism.  At the end of the article a Christian [...]

This past weekend, I found out that I got turned down for a job that I applied for.  It’s the only job I can remember getting turned down for that I really tried hard to get.  It was a job that I really wanted.  I truly am disappointed.
And this disappointment is a gift from God.
Anytime we [...]