I was in Pasadena earlier this year for the Perspectives conference (awesome experience!), and while there Phillip and I went to Hollywood. It was my first time on the west coast, so I figured, let’s see something worth seeing…
I was struck by how trashy Holly Boulevard is.. We saw the Capitol Records building, the [...]

It’s our Sunday ritual… after returning from church/lunch with friends, Caro and I usually crash and just hope the kids don’t burn down the house. Sam was recently given an old iBook by my mom, and Adelyn got a Barbie laptop for her birthday on Saturday. I rolled over from my nap on the couch [...]

Hey everyone…
I’m new to Typepad (having used iBlog mostly, as well as Blogwave Studio) and have spent this evening copying and pasting posts from my old blog into this new blog.
Therefore, even though all the posts you see are dated today (September 10), they are all old.
I’m committing myself to blogging regularly (yea, right!), [...]

At McDonald’s this a.m., I was without a pen, so I opened my Bible to Romans 8, and I felt the leadership of His Spirit speak softly, instructing me to being again in Romans. To dive in, chew deeply.
I also read some more of “The Purity Principle” – compare Jesus’ radical measures for ensuring purity: [...]

I get together with a group of college-age guys each week to encourage them and challenge them in their spiritual growth. Most of the time, we pick a book to read through and dialogue about. Right now, it’s John Piper’s Don’t Waste Your Life.
We were all pretty floored by chapter 7. Piper recounts the battle [...]

Sunday I taught from Philippians 2.13-14. One of the things that has continued to be evident from the study of Philippians that I’ve been doing is simply the concept of OTHERS. You can’t read the New Testament (or even the OT, for that matter) without being struck by the “one anothers” in the Bible.
The Bible [...]

Tom Nelson is one of my favorite Bible teachers. He says that when God reaches down and touches his finger into the stagnant pool of humanity that it sends ripples across the surface for immeasurable distances. In my experience, that distance is approximately 1300 miles..
Tom Nelson (of Denton Bible Church, Denton, TX) is one of [...]

I stood. The colors leapt off the shelves in front of me. With my head cocked sideways, my eyes hungrily devoured the vertical titles, one after another. I needed another book like I needed a black eye. Yet, they beckoned.
No, Carolyn will kill me. I don’t need another book. About the time I have fought [...]

I originally wrote this intended to be an interactive Bible study for use in a small group… Hope it’s useful for you in some way…
Take a look at any magazine targeting young adults today. Take a look at the latest sitcom or Hollywood offering. What do you see? What do you notice? If you spend [...]

December 27,2002
I don’t normally encounter moments of deep profundity in the local Dairy Queen. For that matter, it wasn’t my local DQ. Heck, we don’t even have a DQ in Monticello. But Ranger, Texas has one, and as we sat waiting for the kids’ pancakes and our biscuits and gravy, I was hooked.
Carolyn noticed it [...]

A few days ago, the unthinkable happened. I was forced to become a handyman. Now for those of you for whom that is second nature, you will think me foolish. However, for any man out there who is paralyzed by the words “Honey, I need you to fix something,” this one’s for you.

In today’s society, we hate wait. Gimme a remote or a shorter line at Wal-Mart. But don’t make me wait. I believe our lives as Christ-followers are radically atrophied by this mindset of the moment, this need for now. God’s Word has some challenging things to say to those who would follow Jesus’ way amid [...]

This is a synopsis of The Incredible Power of Kingdom Authority, Adrian Rogers, Broadman & Holman, 2004; Summarized by: Jeff Noble, June 2004

 Why are we fighting a battle already lost when we could enjoy a victory already won?
 The Trinity of Evil: the world, the flesh, and the devil
 The flesh is like software programming the hardware of [...]

I wrote this many moons ago when I was a youth minister at a small church in Texas. Here’s hoping you can appreciate corny humor wrapped around some deep thoughts.
The Story of Two Fruit Trees: Woody & Rooty.
Both were planted at the same time by Farmer Brown. They grew up together, became fast friends, until [...]

I have found that the working out of my salvation and my perceptions of theology to be most beneficial and enlightening. I am both challenged and enouraged by the task that is before me as I seek to be obedient not to my own perceptions but to the Spirit of God as He leads me [...]