The Book of Nehemiah is often looked at as a book that gives direction to people on how to lead in a godly manner. As I have worked through Nehemiah it is easy to find many great leadership principles and at the same time it is challenging to look at …
What are the characteristics of a fool? What are the characteristics of a rogue? What are the characteristics of a noble man? Maybe you are wondering as to why I am asking these questions. The answer is simple for me. I wish to be more Christ-like in all that I …
I have been studying through the Book of Isaiah for the past number of weeks and thought I would pause and share thoughts from chapter fourteen. As I have been thinking about writing this I wondered if blog posts should be positive and upbeat, let us even say fun. I …
Have you ever spent time in the Book of Ecclesiastes? I have recently been studying through it and in doing so I went back to some notes I had made a number of years ago about it. I found that my observations and thoughts were shall we say, “light.” This …
I have always found it important to know what you must have in your toolbox. My real toolbox, and this is just for me, contains the number of a good friend who I can call when something breaks. Now, that may be a little stretch of the truth, but outside …
What is better for me? Do you not ask yourself that question on a regular basis? To arrive at an answer, we look at the pros and cons, the positives and the negatives, the benefits to us, and of course the possible negative outcomes. All of these thought processes are …
I know that I have asked this question before in some blog posts, and I think that it is a question that can be asked often and is a question that can have different answers at different times in our lives. The question is, “from what perspective do you read …
Often when reading the Psalms, I find myself applying them to myself and the particular moments of my life right now or thinking back to the particular moments that have been. Well, “of course,” you say, “that is what we are supposed to do.” If we say that, then are …
When we study history, do we find that it challenges us? I believe that if we say “yes” to that question then we are looking at history that is true. If we do not find history challenging, then either we are not really paying attention, or we are studying history …
I know that much has been written about the Book of Nehemiah. There is so much to be gained when reading this portion of God’s Word that can be applied to multiple aspects of one’s life. A leadership model is there, a reaction of how to stand up for the …
