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(And it is not because I am a pastor) When people talk about church attendance, it can easily sound like religious box-checking. Pastors can often participate, consciously or unconsciously, in “Drive By Guilting.” “So, Robert, where were you last Lord’s Day?”  Ugh. But my conviction about gathering regularly with the body of Christ has nothing to do with titles, roles, or appearances. Whether in a war zone or stateside, single or married, I made time for worship.  It is roote

In 1990, the United States launched something bold and brilliant into space — the Hubble Space Telescope, named for astronomer Edwin Hubble. Carried into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery , it was designed to be our eye in the sky, capturing jaw-dropping images of galaxies, nebulae, and the glittering secrets of the cosmos. But when Hubble opened that enormous, high-tech eye and began sending back photos, something was… off. The images were blurry — not just a little f

Romans 9:20 -24

Romans 10:9-10

2 Kings 23:21-25; 1 Cor 5:7

You can be the Thermostat or the Thermometer Where did I first hear that?  Maybe it was the lacrosse coach who was trying to put the truck driver’s son on the right track.   Or it was the old West Virginia General.  Maybe the Wing Commander/Bible Teacher who tried to point a bunch of junior officers in the right direction.  Whatever the case, it stuck.  Now I find myself using it with my kids and other youth. The gist of the analogy centers on surroundings.  You see, a thermo

Acts 16:6-10

Acts 17:23; John 14:7; Col 1:15-20; Phil 2:5-11

John 3:1-5; Job 38

Job 38: 1-18

Job 2:4-10

Job 1:13-19

1 Peter 3:15-16

1 Cor 10:1-14

Job 1: 1, 8