Tag: repentance

Check For Ticks (and Sin)

May 13, 2025

If ticks go unnoticed, attach themselves and feed off your blood, they grow larger and can cause problems. Deer ticks can carry the borrelia bacteria that causes Lyme disease. Every loving parent checks their children for ticks after a day in the deep woods. Likewise, a loving God encourages His children to check themselves regularly for sin and provides a way to deal with its bite before it grows, festers and brings destructive consequences. … More Check For Ticks (and Sin)

A Call to Prayer & Repentance for the Soul of our Nation

January 6, 2021

Today we are watching our nation’s Capitol, the great symbol and center of our democracy, be stormed by protestors, while our Congressional leaders hide behind locked doors, and the sitting president hides behind his twitter account. These are unnerving sights to behold and a frightening moment for our democracy. As Christians, what are we to … More A Call to Prayer & Repentance for the Soul of our Nation

A Desert Prayer

April 26, 2018

I need to drown again in the regenerating waters of my baptism. I’m drowning on the world’s air and gasping for water this week. I preached about abiding in the Christ on Sunday, and have spent the entire week making sand castles in a God-forsaken desert. … More A Desert Prayer

RUSH HOUR 4: Time to Make a U-Turn

May 10, 2015

Turn around.  Change direction. Make a U-turn.  These are all accurate renderings of the Greek word metanoia, which is translated “repent” in most Bibles.  The word ‘repent’ is loaded with religious baggage, notions of gloom and doom, judgment and wrath, hellfire and brimstone. But the word literally means “change” (meta) of “mind” (noia).  Why even … More RUSH HOUR 4: Time to Make a U-Turn

His Name Is Peter 6 – ‘I’m a Sinful Man’

August 2, 2011

 When he had finished speaking, [Jesus] said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.”  Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.” When they had done so, they caught such a large number of … More His Name Is Peter 6 – ‘I’m a Sinful Man’

Times of Refreshing…Follow Repentance

May 3, 2011

Repentance has a bad reputation these days. The word evokes images of judgment and angry preachers.  Yet, biblically, this “turning” away from our sin and back toward God, results in something the Bible calls “times of refreshing.”  Now, that sounds like something we all should welcome into our lives. “Repent, then, and turn to God, … More Times of Refreshing…Follow Repentance