I have an odd love for water. Ocean beaches, fountains, waterfalls, water noise apps, smelling fresh air after the rain, or merely drinking ice
July & August 2014 Book Giveaway
The very foundation of the Christian life is a simple yet overwhelming concept – absolute surrender. God does not ask us to live the “Christian
Living in Gracious Uncertainty
Last evening I was sitting in our Ellerslie Mission Society staff meeting when Dan, one of our staff, mentioned Oswald Chamber's writing from My
Moving from “doing” to “responding”
Each week my friend and mentor Stephen Manley releases a "Jesus Pusher" blog and this week was especially rich. As a Christian my life is not to be
I Must Be Filled with the Holy Spirit
The great need of the Christian life is not behaving a certain way or cleaning up one's language (though those will in fact come with a changed life).
My Tyranny of the Urgent
My life is busy. I'm sure yours is too. Far too often it seems that I spend the bulk of my day racing around to deal with emergencies. I want to get
Fact, Faith, Experience
This past Friday we looked at who the Author of Scripture truly is. Once we have fully grasped the reality of authorship we can then begin to take our
The Need to Retune Your Focus
One of my favorite people in history was William Booth. Booth was a man given to and used mightily by God. As founder of the Salvation Army, General
The Secret to Keep Yourself From Sin
There is an old story of an Indian chief who came across a man in the woods. On each side of the man was a wolf tied to a tree. One was strong and