1. I saw a beautiful picture of grace yesterday. A real bestowing of favor on someone less deserving.
  2. I know it’s hard for some people to put aside old ideas and notions about Christianity, Christians, and church in general.
  3. I have to admit, there are times that I'm still completely susceptible to self-serving salvation projects.
  4. Some days, people need a touch. Not just any touch, but something that says, "I care about you, and I love you."
  5. I don't remember the first time I heard the gospel, but I do remember the first time I began to understand it.
  6. Whatever level of sin you're rummaging around in, forgiveness and grace is yours.
  7. Sometimes, I wish I was much older. Old enough to realize that my best, most influential, and productive days are behind me so that I could speak completely and openly about my life, my triumphs, and most of all, my struggles.
  8. It's coming. Can you feel it? It's creeping up on us like a quiet predator. It's hiding behind the Christmas trees and stockings hung with care. It's getting ready to strike.
  9. A while back, my wife and I attended the wake and memorial service of a friend from a prior church we attended.
  10. I often dance around the idea of denominations. I've been Pentecostal and I guess Evangelical.
  11. There was another criminal next to Christ the day he died. He was aware of who Jesus was, and why he was there.
  12. I'm afraid of dying. I am a Christian and I am horribly afraid of falling bridges, crashing planes, turned over cars and anything else that you can think of that would include my body being mangled into a mess of bones and flesh.