Following God’s Way: “Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For!” – 1 Timothy 6
In May of 1987, the Irish rock band called U2, released the words sung by their lead singer Bono: “I have climbed the highest mountains. I have run through the fields. I run, I have crawled, I have scaled city walls. But I still haven’t …
Read More“The Five Deadly Sins of Leadership” – 1 Timothy 5:17-25
Driving over a snowy road presents a number of challenges. Beyond the slipping, there is the typical problem of locating exactly where the road it. When we veer off the road, we can easily get caught in ruts and trapped in holes and ditches that …
Read MoreFollowing God’s Way: “Living the Connected Life” – 1 Timothy 4:12-5:16
You hear them everywhere… the ring of cell phones. We have “old school” ringers, favorite pop songs, classical canons, piercing noises, famous voice recordings and even the occasional scream or recorded laugh. They go off in the movie theater, concerts, your child’s school plays and …
Read MoreFollowing God’s Way: “Up on the Tight Wire” – 1 Timothy 4
The trip across Niagara Falls atop a tightrope is perilous, even when executed by a talented and practiced professional. That trip offers even greater peril when the tightrope walker attempts to carry an untrained onlooker across – complete with his or her pack and personal …
Read MoreFollowing God’s Way: “Following the Recipe” (Part Two) – 1 Timothy 3:8-16
Across the nation there are sports teams with powerful names. Some are derived from animals – Eagles, Falcons, Bulls. Some come from the imagery of past strengths – Patriots, Cavaliers, Buccaneers. Virtually nowhere in the country do I see a powerful team paraded onto the …
Read MoreFollowing God’s Way: “Following the Recipe” – 1 Timothy 3:1-7
The words “use only as directed” are found on many prescription medicines. Too much or too little won’t have the right effect! For that matter, many cookbooks warn, “for best results – follow the order and amount of each ingredient accurately”. What happens when you …
Read MoreFollowing God’s Way: “Behave Yourself!” – 1 Timothy 2
”Behave Yourselves!” The words were common in our home growing up. My mother used the words, my father enforced the words with actions that “left their mark” on our lives, and in particular some southern portions of our anatomy! Scripture offers us in a number …
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