“And you can see them there on Sunday morning Stand up and sing about what it's like up there They called it paradise, I don't know why You call some place paradise, kiss it goodbye” “The Last Resort” (Written by T. Graham Brown and Bruce C. Bouton) The Eagles sang these words as a stinging …
“When God Winks At You,” SQuire Rushnell, Nelson Books. 232 pages. Critical read Must read Good read Read if you want Read something else Why you should read this book: Every day there are events in our lives that seem random and coincidental. While some of these may seem difficult, most are positive experiences. Far …
"Union with Christ is the ground of everlasting joy, and it is free." - John Piper Jesus in His death and resurrection fulfilled and therefore eliminated forever the old covenant requirements and the separation of people from their God. At the death of Jesus on the cross, the veil in the temple was supernaturally torn …
The high country has always beckoned me. This is owed in part to being the third generation of my family to live in the central Sierra Nevada. It also extends from what I sometimes refer to as my "coming alive" experiences in the mountains. They started when I was a boy, going into the mountains …
“The glory that you have given me I have given them, so that they may be one, as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become completely one….” John 17:22-23 Oneness. For what is Jesus praying here in His final recorded prayer before His crucifixion? Many have interpreted this prayer …
This week, while blog posts magically appear on this page, I am out with my long-time wilderness partner, Doug. We are cruising the Sierra Crest near Mammoth Lakes, bagging a few peaks and visiting some remote lake basins. Here we are on our previous Sierra Crest adventure, peak bagging in the Yosemite Park area. …
“A man will be justified by faith when, excluded from the righteousness of works, he by faith lays hold of the righteousness of Christ, and clothed in it, appears in the sight of God not as a sinner, but as a saint.” John Calvin Galatians 3:27, “For all of you who were baptized into Christ …
An installment in the series on union with our God. “Spiritual life flows out of union with Christ, not merely imitation of Christ.” ― Richard F. Lovelace A supervisor of mine had a bumper sticker on his office door that read, “Jesus is coming! Everyone look busy!” With all the activity that modern religiosity has …
“The Three Success Secrets of Shamgar” by Pat Williams, Jay Strack, and Jim Denney. Faith Communications, publisher. 208 pages. Critical read Must read Good read Read if you want Read something else Why read this book: Far too many people are stuck in their planning, stuck before they get to executing their plans, or stuck …
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The plan for our redemption – the restoration of our union with our God - was established in eternity past when the Triune God decided together to redeem us; the Father would send the Son into the human world, the Son would die for His people, and the Holy Spirit would apply the Son’s atoning …
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