2 Peter 2:1-22 False Teachers

Last updated on: December 31, 2014 at 4:04 pm By Jim Erwin

2 Peter 2:1-22 False Teachers John Norstad, a Northwestern University systems engineer and computer guru who invented “Disinfect,” a software program that protects computers from viruses, once discovered the source of many of the computer viruses. In an interview with writer Peter Gorner, Norstad said “I went to a conference in Europe in 1992 and met most of my counterparts in the PC anti-viral community. One fellow was a Bulgarian who told us about the Bulgarian virus-writing factory. Evidently, during... Read more

My Response to Correction Reveals My Heart

Last updated on: December 30, 2014 at 5:38 pm By Jim Erwin

My Response to Correction Reveals My Heart December 30, 2014 Year B “The one who corrects a mocker will bring dishonor on himself; the one who rebukes a wicked man will get hurt. Don’t rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you. Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will learn more.” (Proverbs 9:7–9, HCSB) No one likes correction. Yet at some... Read more

Flecks of Gold on a Path of Stone by Craig D. Lounsbrough

Last updated on: December 29, 2014 at 5:33 pm By Jim Erwin

Flecks of Gold on a Path of Stone by Craig D. Lounsbrough Flecks of Gold on a Path of Stone by Craig D. Lounsbrough is a book with a subtitle which tells its purpose: Simple Truths for Profound Living. This is another devotional book designed for the reader’s self-improvement. The sections include “profound truths” in the following topics: time, relationships, growth, wisdom, and living. Each section is composed of more specific topic chapters related to the general topic. Each... Read more

True Family Relationships

Last updated on: December 29, 2014 at 5:01 pm By Jim Erwin

True Family Relationships December 29, 2014 Year B “He was still speaking to the crowds when suddenly His mother and brothers were standing outside wanting to speak to Him. Someone told Him, “Look, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to You.” But He replied to the one who told Him, “Who is My mother and who are My brothers?” And stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, “Here are My mother and My... Read more

At The Right Time

Last updated on: December 28, 2014 at 10:49 pm By Jim Erwin

At The Right Time December 28, 2014 Year B When the time came to completion, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. 6 And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!” 7 So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir... Read more

The Backside of God's Glory

Last updated on: December 27, 2014 at 10:32 pm By Jim Erwin

The Backside of God’s Glory December 27, 2014 Year B Then I will take My hand away, and you will see My back, but My face will not be seen.” (Exodus 33:23, HCSB) God says that we can’t see His glory upfront. We can’t look upon His face and live. Moses asked to see God’s glory. God said that seeing the front of God’s glory was not possible. So God made a way for Moses to see the backside of... Read more

Praise the Name

Last updated on: June 16, 2018 at 9:10 pm By Jim Erwin

Praise the Name Praise the name is a simple thought lectionary reflection from Psalm 148 on the way to praise the name of God in worship. December 26, 2014 Year B Let them Praise the name of Yahweh, for His name alone is exalted. His majesty covers heaven and earth. (Psalm 148:13, HCSB) In this psalm, the writer lists the reasons why God’s name should be praised. He starts with the highest things created and continues all the way to... Read more

We Will Be Landing Shortly: Now What? by Mike Hamel

Last updated on: June 15, 2018 at 10:43 am By Jim Erwin

We Will Be Landing Shortly: Now What? by Mike Hamel We Will Be Landing Shortly: Now What? by Mike Hamel is a set of spiritual musings from a man who recently lost his wife to cancer. As Hamel reflects through his personal experience with theodicy (the theology of suffering), he shares insights which he has gained through the journey. The insights contain more questions than answers, more doubts than certainties, and more skepticism than optimism. As a Catholic-turned-Evangelical-turned-Postmodernist, he... Read more

The Divine Mentor by Wayne Cordeiro

Last updated on: December 25, 2014 at 10:12 pm By Jim Erwin

The Divine Mentor by Wayne Cordeiro The Divine Mentor by Wayne Cordeiro is written as the strongest advocate of a personal daily time with God which I have ever read. Cordeiro states quite simply that a Christian has an entire group of mentors to help someone in their Christian walk. All a person has to do is read the Bible on a daily basis. He states that there are a host of people (Adam, Moses, Ruth, David, Hosea, Jesus, Paul,... Read more

Time Matters

Last updated on: December 25, 2014 at 10:10 pm By Jim Erwin

Time Matters December 25, 2014 Year B (Christmas) 1 There is an occasion for everything, and a time for every activity under heaven: 2 a time to give birth and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to uproot; 3 a time to kill and a time to heal; a time to tear down and a time to build; 4 a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time... Read more

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