The Deep Trust of a True Shepherd: Part 1

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The Deep Trust of a True Shepherd: Part 1

Digging Deeper Questions

March 12, 2024

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It was the first time God spoke to Abram, but Yahweh made His instruction clear...

The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you. I will make you into a great nation.” —Genesis 12:1

An idol worshipper, according to Joshua 24, Abram had specifically been chosen by the God of the universe to be the father of the Almighty’s chosen nation. Unexpectedly, it would seem. After all, Abram did not include the one true God in the list of the gods he worshipped.

But Esther was a Jew. And as has been the case throughout history, a person of seeming authority wanted the Jews annihilated. The edict had been issued. A price was on their heads.

Why Faith and Worry Can't Coexist

July 30, 2024

“Faith and fear cannot coexist.” If I heard that reminder from my spiritual mentor, Helen Patterson, once I heard it a thousand times over the course of the 20+ years that she gently, consistently, and faithfully shepherded me. One of us with a conservative spiritual background, the other with more Pentecostal leanings. One of us young, the other with a full head of white hair. One of us neat and tidy, the other a bit scattered (but never showing it!)...

Called: Part 2

July 16, 2024

We recently paused to reflect on I Corinthians 1:9 – “God is faithful; you were called by him into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.” There is no question that our primary and most essential calling as Christians is into a full, no barriers relationship with our God. Yet there seems to be more....

Called: Part 1

June 25, 2024

It was 6:15 AM, and as I walked the streets near my home, passing purple-blue hydrangeas and lavender buzzing with bumblebees, I was thinking about calling. Calling was on my mind for more than one reason. The Presence Point tag line, Live Into Your Calling, was one of course. A note I jotted into my journal a few weeks before was another. At the time, I was cataloguing some concepts I wanted to understand better. “What is a true, biblical understanding of calling?”