Sunday, June 14: The Power of the Name
Faith, I have no clever encouragement in this Faith Update today. Rather, I ask you to simply pray the following prayer as we prepare to focus on the third commandment this week: “You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God..." Lord, Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, we want to experience…
Sunday, June 7: 3rd Commandment–Hallowed be Thy Name
Faith, Suppose I came up to you and asked, "Did you hear about Chad? You didn't hear? It's outrageous what he did!! He's clearly a..." My guess is your heart doesn't care much about Chad yet. Why? All I've given you is a name. If you know some Chads, you don't know which Chad I'm…
Sunday, May 31: No Idols, pt 3–The Curse of Magical Thinking
Faith, I have a confession. You’re going to think it’s silly, but hear me out: I absolutely love the Original Pancake House. Some OPH locations have coffee mugs in different colors. Personally, I love the blue and green ones, but I really dislike the red, pink, yellow, or orange mugs. In fact, I’ve been known…
Sunday May 24: Idolatry is not about the statue, it is about allegiance
Faith, What does Satan do for fun? I know that’s a strange question, but just ponder it for a moment. Children love to play with dolls, cars, and Legos. Cats like balls of yarn. Dogs love a good game of fetch. What does Satan love to play with? I’ll answer that with a quote that…