I had a gospel moment the other day. I was talking with someone who had come to fix our electric fence.  I noticed he had a “Shout to the Lord” songsheet and a Bible in his truck.  He began to tell me about how God had converted and changed him.  It was thrilling because he lives in a culture that is pretty dark spiritually.  Like to the point where a doctor in our church was talking to the son of a father who had AIDS, the father was there, and she was telling the son he needed to stay committed … Continue reading Gospel Power

I have often had the opportunity to think about 1 Corinthians 10:13, “…no temptation has overtaken you except that which is common to man…” This is a classic counseling verse. It obviously provides a whole lot of different reasons for encouragement, one of them being the fact that the struggles we face are not nearly as unique as we tend to think they are. When we are in the middle of a difficult situation, it’s not unusual for us to begin feeling like we are the only ones who have ever faced this particular temptation and thinking like that makes … Continue reading You are not as unique as you think you are…