by Jeremy | Jun 21, 2013 | Sabbath Thoughts
A wise man once said, “Know thyself”—but a wiser man said, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?” (Jeremiah 17:9). Ours is a culture that places a growing emphasis on doing what feels right, looking...
by Jeremy | Jun 14, 2013 | Sabbath Thoughts
I forget sometimes that Jesus had more than twelve disciples. I mean, yes, there were the twelve, the ones everyone remembers, the ones mentioned by name in the gospel accounts. But there were others—in Luke 10:1-12, for instance, we see Christ sending out seventy...
by Jeremy | Jun 8, 2013 | Sabbath Thoughts
It seems to me that as our society moves farther and farther from the idea of marriage as a sacred, God-ordained institution, the more the idea seeps into the Church that the vows between a husband and a wife can be discarded when times get tough or they become...
by Jeremy | May 24, 2013 | Sabbath Thoughts
If you ever visit the southeastern United States, there are a few things you should expect to find—sweet tea, for instance. You’re going to find that before you ever set eyes on a glass of water. You’re going to find front porches and unhurried talking....
by Jeremy | May 18, 2013 | Sabbath Thoughts
There’s a certain feeling of accomplishment that comes with watching a house come together from the ground up. To see a bare patch of earth become the site of a foundation, then watch that foundation become the support for the skeletal frame of a brand new...
