1 I waited patiently for the Lord;     he turned to me and heard my cry. 2 He lifted me out of the slimy pit,     out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock     and gave me a firm place to stand. The beginning of Psalm 40 talks about […]

The below is something I wrote in 2007. I have included most of the original teaching, eliminating a little historical context between the US and Iran like the Shah of Iran and the US involvement, and the resulting Islamic Revolution. It was not my general practice then and now to venture into politics nor world […]

We see in Mark 9, that Jesus makes his intention known about what he expects from the church. He expresses frustration when his disciples couldn’t drive the opposing spirit out of the boy. Jesus expressing frustration? That’s what happens when you don’t get the outcome you want sometimes, especially when you put in a lot […]