The voice sailed through the thick sea air, Its sound waves rippled across the watery surface, Waking fishermen's ears; It was a call of a lifetime. A call that carries through time and space, Reverberating still. A call for them. A call for us. A call to those who've not yet come. It’s the call of Christ. The call to follow. Let’s look closely at the Lord’s call, remember His call to discipleship. Saying yes to His call is to say yes to: Follow As Jesus was walking beside th

We are always learning, aren't we? I often told my kids that they should learn something new every day. I still tell them, even now as adults, “You know it’s a good day when you’ve learned something new.” I know I’m certainly learning. (And thankfully so!) I’m having to relearn how to do Bible class. I’m slowly figuring out that you can’t lead a Bible study online the same way you do in a classroom. (But I still have a long way to go!) We are all learning how to do life in a

There are numerous occasions documented, in both the Old and New Testaments alike, when God gathered people together out of the goodness of His grace—always for purpose. In our first gathering in my online study, we discussed God’s gathering of Noah, his family, and the animals. That ark was a vessel of God’s grace for salvation. We also looked at the gatherings of our gracious Lord. And how, through faith in Him, we are saved by grace. In coming to save the world, Jesus came

Before the sun had risen (but after the Son had risen), a dispatch of faithful women trekked to the sealed tomb of their Lord Jesus. Their sorrow quickly turned to alarm when they arrived at an empty grave. In the gray of early dawn and the darkness of their grief, their steps of devotion were met by a divine reversal. There had been an earthquake, the stone was gone, and the body had disappeared. The apostle John focuses in on the experience on one of the witnesses, Mary Mag

(My first post featured over here - come check it out....) Two Halves That Make a Perfect Whole “What happens in Small Group, stays in Small Group.” Agreed, but maybe that statement requires a qualifier. The group I met with on Sunday evenings for over 18 years fed both body and soul, mind and spirit—because after our group discussion we always shared a meal. We would talk Jesus . . . Scripture . . . life. It was positively exhilarating! And the food was always fabulous. In e

Have you ever tasted the attainability of a lofty Bible verse? Some hefty verses keep you wondering how, in this fallen world, God will ever accomplish it. Like this one: “until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ” (Eph 4:13). On Sunday I caught glimpse, as sampling, of the possibility of this verse. The reality of it was modeled by none other than . . . children! Th