Willing to Learn
I’m presently working on a short teaching series on how to study the Word of God. It’s not the only way or necessarily the best way, but a way I’ve found to be very successful. Its premise is based on the old saying “Give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you will feed him for a lifetime.” In the spirit of full disclosure, I don’t like to fish. I have friends and family that do, but in the world of fishing I’m a “give me
Learning to Fish – Introduction
We live in a time of great deception. A world filled with misinformation, disinformation, and outright lies. Knowing who, or what to believe is a constant challenge. With the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) it is becoming increasingly more difficult, and will continue to be so. The same can be said regarding The Church. While I speak of “The Church” is general terms, the problem is widespread and impacts both Catholics and Protestants. Methodists and Baptists. Pentecostals and Lutherans. No one is exempt. Biblical illiteracy is a serious problem, and it needs to be addressed. The
And My Words
If I were preaching today, I'd do a series on "The Hard Sayings of Jesus." We often focus on what Jesus promised, and less if ever on what he warned. We say "Jesus loves you," (which He certainly does) but don't talk of repentance, which was in fact the first thing Jesus said as He began his earthly ministry. "From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." (Mt 4:17) Words also spoken by John the Baptist (Matt 3:2), Peter on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2:38),
Changing ISPs
About a month ago, I changed ISPs (Internet Service Provider). Received a new router and consequently had to update the wifi settings on the devices in my home needing access to the internet. Updated my personal and business laptops, iMac, television, and irrigation system controller. Everything ran smoothly until the day I unplugged my old router. Got up the next morning and told Alexa to play some music but she responded with an “unable to access the internet,” message. At first I thought there must have been an “Alexa outage,” but that would be rare so I