Visiting LA – To Do List

We are planning to spend a few days in Los Angeles and the surrounding area starting this Thursday.

Spend time with my parents
Visit out friend David
Meet other old friends
Visit the Romanian Baptist Church in La Habra
Enjoy the sun
Eat at IN-N-OUT
Eat at EL POLLO LOCO
Spend two lazy, sunny days in Desert Hot Spring; somehow I am feeling [...]

Actions Demonstrate Priorities

…we were looking today at the beginning of Hezekiah’s story (2 Chronicles 29). How a 25 year old brand new king, with a terrible role model in his dad, turns the kingdom around. As soon as he started to reign, he cleaned up the temple, brought sacrifices, and tried to win [...]

Boiling for Christ

We have very briefly studied the letter to the church in Ephesus in Revelation 2
…But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove [...]

Hard Questions

What has being a disciple of Jesus cost you? What is it costing you today? What does denying yourself mean in following Jesus?

Friendships of the Christian and Witnessing

I am not writing this as someone that has good experience or success; rather I am writing this as one that has failed many times.  I am writing a thought, a conclusion, a principle that my grandfather already knew and preached.  So here it goes.
The desirable way to witness as a Christian is [...]

God on the mountain is still God in the valley

Life is easy when your up on the mountain
And you’ve got peace of mind like you’ve never known
But then things change and you’re down in the valley
Don’t lose faith for you’re never alone
For the God of the mountain is still God in the valley
When things go wrong, He’ll make them right
And the God of the [...]