by Matt | Jan 4, 2013 | Blog
- Who do you say that I am? Matthew 16:15
- What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? What shall a man give in return for his soul? Matthew 16:26
- O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you? Matthew 17:17
- Why do you ask me about what is good? Matthew 19:17
- Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink? Matthew 20:22
- What do you want me to do for you? Matthew 20:32
- Did you never read the Scriptures? Matthew 21:42
- Why are you testing me? Matthew 22:18
- Which is greater, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred? … the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?
- How are you to escape being sentenced to hell? Matthew 23:33
These are His questions. What are your answers?
by Matt | Jan 3, 2013 | Blog
- To what shall I compare this generation? Matthew 11:16
- If any of you has a sheep and it falls out on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out? Matthew 12:11
- How can anyone enter a strong man’s house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Matthew 12:29
- You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? Matthew 12:34
- Who is my mother, and who are my brothers? Matthew 12: 48
- Why did you doubt? Matthew 12:31
- Why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? Matthew 15:3
- How many loaves do you have? Matthew 15:34
- Do you still not understand? Matthew 16:9
- Who do people say the Son of Man is? Matthew 16:13
These are His questions. What are your answers?
by Matt | Jan 2, 2013 | Blog
- And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? Matthew 5:47
- Can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? Matthew 6:27
- Why do you worry about your clothes? Matthew 6:28
- Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? Matthew 7:3
- Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Matthew 7:16
- Why are you afraid? Matthew 8:26
- Why do you think evil in your hearts? Matthew 9:4
- Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? Matthew 9:15
- Do you believe I am able to do this? Matthew 9:28
- What did you go out into the wilderness to see? Matthew 11:8
These are His questions. What are your answers?
by Matt | Nov 20, 2012 | Blog
Wisdom Meets Passion, by Dan Miller and Jared Angaza, is a unique collaborative effort between a father and his son. This book provides clear insight into the profound differences that exist in how baby-boomers and members of generations X and Y approach life and work. More importantly, the reader will discover how these differences complement one another and can be much more of a blessing than a curse if properly understood.
I found this book to be not only inspiring and challenging, but enlightening in a surprising way. Not only will the reader discover realistic reasons to hope and practical steps to take to build towards the future, but will gain perspective on a very special father-son dynamic. This dynamic, though a side-benefit to the book, is perhaps the most valuable element of this work. Dan Miller and Jared Angaza could not appear to be more different. At least as far as the eye can see. This book allows the reader to look under the surface of this relationship and discover that when two people share common values and purpose they can work together effectively in spite of their differences.
I recommend this book to everyone who desires to grow as a leader and discern how to enable individuals from different backgrounds to work together effectively.
by Matt | Aug 9, 2012 | Blog
After fifty years of service in Africa, a weary missionary couple descended the gangplank of their boat. Their disembarking was delayed by a throng of press and well-wishers welcoming President Theodore Roosevelt back from his most recent safari. As they made their way through the crowd, the husband expressed to his wife how discouraged he was. After fifty years of spreading the gospel, after losing two children to jungle diseases, there was not a single person to welcome them home. His wife suggested that he talk to God about this during his bedtime prayers. In their cheap little hotel room the exhausted wife fell asleep almost immediately. She awoke in the morning to find her husband smiling and whistling softly as he prepared for the day.
“Boy,” she said, “you have certainly lightened up. Did you tell God about your disappointment?”
“Yes, I did,” he answered. “I told Him how sad and angry it made me that after all the years of service and sacrifice, we had no one to welcome us home.”
“Well,” his wife asked, “what did God say to you?”
With a smile her husband answered. “God said, ‘You’re not home yet.’ ”
by Matt | Aug 9, 2012 | Blog
In his book Tide Rising Bruce Theileman used this illustration:
It is said that Satan once called to him the emissaries of hell and said he wanted to send one of them to earth to aid women and men in the ruination of their souls. He asked which one would want to go. One creature came forward and said, “I will go.” Satan said, “If I send you, what will you tell the children of men?” He said, “I will tell the children of men that there is no heaven.” Satan said, “They will not believe you, for there is a bit of heaven in every human heart. In the end everyone knows that right and good must have the victory. You may not go.”
Then another came forward, darker and fouler than the first. Satan said, “If I send you, what will you tell the children of men?” He said, “I will tell them there is no hell.” Satan looked at him and said, “Oh, no; they will not believe you, for in every human heart there’s a thing called conscience, an inner voice which testifies to the truth that not only will good be triumphant, but that evil will be defeated. You may not go.”
Then one last creature came forward, this one from the darkest place of all. Satan said to him, “And if I send you, what will you say to women and men to aid them in the destruction of their souls?”
He said, “I will tell them there is no hurry.”
Satan said, “Go!”
