On Vacation

This week I am out on vacation so things will be dead around here this week.  You can be praying for us this week, on Friday we will be kicking off a College Ministry at our church.  This is a big step and we are really looking forward to it.  Anyway, I will be back next week.  

Quote:

…our own culture dictates what common sense for each one of us.
Gordon Fee & Douglas Stuart
How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth
pg. 73
To a large degree this quote is accurate.  It is not practical (makes no common sense) to use chopstick when forks are available to me.  But, if I grew up in a culture [...]

AP: Daughter of Christian music star killed by car

Here is the story straight from the AP release:
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The 5-year-old daughter of Grammy-winning Christian music star Steven Curtis Chapman was struck and killed Wednesday by a sport utility vehicle driven by her brother, authorities said.
The girl, Maria Sue, was hit in the driveway of the family’s home Wednesday afternoon by a [...]

The Authority of Jesus on Display - Mark 1:16-45 (pt. 4)

IV. The Authority of Jesus over the Priorities of Man (vv. 35-39)
And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed. And Simon and those who were with him searched for him, and they found him and said to him, [...]

The Authority of Jesus on Display - Mark 1:16-45 (pt. 3)

III. The Authority of Jesus to Heal (vv. 29-39)
And immediately he left the synagogue and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. Now Simon’s mother-in-law lay ill with a fever, and immediately they told him about her. And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and [...]

Could you please say that again?

It is hard to believe–in fact you might want to sit down–but the Rays are in first place in the American League East and they have the best record in the American League. How about that?
 

Amen!