The Word for Prayer

July 15 This is a companion piece to my blog on theHeartSeekerblog.wordpress.com… I don’t often take the time to “breakdown” Bible words in my posts (most folks really aren’t that interested in the details), but I think that such a practice can be very beneficial from time to time – especially concerning the key practices […]

Angry Culture

This is a companion piece to our look at Jesus’ teaching on anger @ theHeartSeekerBlog.wordpress.com… June 10 “Everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment.” (Jesus) As I survey our current cultural climate, two interconnected things just jump out: 1) Never have we been more focused on not offending people; and […]

The BE-attitudes… A Few Final Thoughts

This is a follow-up post to our look at the Beatitudes over at theHeartSeekerBlog.wordpress.com… May 23 Having looked closely at “The Beatitudes” (you can read those thoughts @ the above-mentioned site) I wanted to conclude by pointing out something really important. When we see such amazing admonitions in Scripture, the tendency for so many of […]

Blessed… a Second Look

This is a companion, follow-up piece to Thursday’s post on… theHeartSeekerblog. wordpress.com… May 3 “Blessed are…” (Jesus – Matthew 5) In yesterday’s post in “The Red-Letters,” we talked about being blessed – and approached Jesus’ teaching from a Hebrew perspective. Sometimes we can forget that Jesus moved and ministered amongst God’s chosen people, the Jews […]

They Left Everything…

This is a companion, follow-up piece to the Monday and Tuesday’s posts on… theHeartSeekerblog. wordpress.com… April 24 “When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed Him.” (Luke 5:11) They had fished all night and caught nothing. Then the Master showed up and bid Peter (and the other fishermen) cast their […]