To answer yesterday’s post about faith, we need to make some comparisons. Most of us know the great debate between the faith of Paul and that of James. I firmly believe that there is no contradiction between their messages, but I want to examine the way they work themselves out practically. Paul’s Faith Paul wrote [...]

I got to thinking about what it means to be dependent on God for our life.  I am not dependent on God for anything unless I actually step out in faithful obedience.  I could say, “I’m going to depend upon God to get me out of this slump and open my mouth to start talking [...]

Since writing my previous post, I found my old journal, one I started back around 2004.  My life back then was very similar to what it is now.  I had just graduated college and was waiting for my family’s business to get started, so there was about 9 months of doing nothing, sitting at my [...]