I love it when I read a passage from the Bible that I’ve read dozens of times, and notice something completely new. Have you ever had that happen? It happened for me just the other day. I was reading through the book of 1 Thessalonians this week, and I stumbled across a phrase, and a…
Coffee Break – 09.23.2013
The Coffee Bean Color Spectrum – One of the most frequent questions I hear when people ask me about roasting coffee is how to know when it’s done. This chart gives a great breakdown of what the beans look like through the roasting process. Most of the time, I like to pull my beans somewhere…
Memorize Scripture: 1 Timothy 5:11-12
As Paul continues discussing widows in his letter to Timothy, he shifts from older widows to younger ones. His instructions concerning older widows were pretty generous, but that changes for the younger women. Take a look at this week’s passage in 1 Timothy 5:11-12: Paul gave several characteristics that an older widow should display in…
Book Review – Red Like Blood by Joe Coffey and Bob Bevington
When I saw the subtitle to Red Like Blood, by Joe Coffey and Bob Bevington, I really wanted to read the book. Confrontations With Grace… Intriguing. It captured my attention. Unfortunately, it’s the only thing about the book that help my attention. I found the book to be unengaging and uninspiring. In fact, it was…
Book Review – Chronicles Of Dinosauria by Dave Woetzel
One of the most often claimed statements heard from the evolutionist worldview is that man and dinosaurs did not co-exist. Nothing could be further from the truth. And Dave Woetzel has done an incredible job of presenting the evidence that this is the case. Simply put, land dinosaurs were created on day six of the…
Book Review – God In My Everything by Ken Shigematsu
Sometimes, the best way to grow in your spiritual disciplines is to take an idea or two from those who have gone before. The early Church Fathers, the aesthetics, and others had a solid grasp on the spiritual disciplines that we seem to have lost in the struggle to survive our modern, busy, chaotic, day…