For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized andempowered and united with the Holy Spirit, not long from now.” – Acts 1:5 The difference between being wet and being soaked-and-drenched-to-the-bone… …is the difference between simply sprinkling herbs on a piece of chicken right before you cook it…and marinating the chicken for 48 hours in a special …
Monthly Archives: September 2016
Don’t forget the Chemistry
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. – 2 Corinthians 3:18 Chopping up a piece of wood, doesn’t change the nature of the wood…it only changes its physical …
The place of Zoë
One thing have I desired of the Lord; that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in His temple. – Psalm 27:4 When God spent time communing with Adam in the Garden of Eden…what did they talk about? …
Chekov’s gun
But someone randomly shot an arrow that struck Israel’s king between the joints in his armor. “Turn around and get me out of the battle,” the king told his chariot driver. “I’ve been hit!” – 1 Kings 22:34 From Wikipedia: Chekhov’s gun is a dramatic principle that every memorable element in a fictional story must be necessary and irreplaceable, …
You can’t fail
Meanwhile, God’s firm foundation is as firm as ever, these sentences engraved on the stones: god knows who belongs to him. spurn evil, all you who name god as god. – 2 Timothy 2:9 You can’t fail, because you belong to God. You are His and He is bound in a covenant relationship with you. You can’t …
What shall I do now?
“The manager said to himself, ‘What am I going to do? I’ve lost my job as manager. I’m not strong enough for a laboring job, and I’m too proud to beg. . . . Ah, I’ve got a plan. Here’s what I’ll do . . . then when I’m turned out into the street, people will take me into their houses.’ …
He healed them all
When Jesus became aware of this, He withdrew from there. Huge crowds followed Him, and He healed them all. – Matthew 12:15 No small print, and no “terms and conditions apply”. Just a simple statement: He healed them all. Selah.
How does the story end?
From the beginning I told you what would happen in the end. A long time ago I told you things that have not yet happened. When I plan something, it happens. What I want to do, I will do. – Isaiah 46:10 The immense privilege of Life – regardless of which part of Life’s stage …
Maintain the groove
There is a season (a time appointed) for everything and a time for every delight andevent or purpose under heaven— – Ecclesiastes 3:1 Take a breath…and listen. What you’re listening for is the beat, the pulse, the groove of the life you were created to live. There are a hundred million notes you could play or choices you …
In the hands of a master
But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him! – Matthew 8:27 A 1980s Mike Tyson in the square circle. Steph Curry open at the 3-point line. Meryl Streep in a feature film. Ussain Bolt in a 100-metre dash. Sally Hogshead on the topic …