Beloved Kinney, While working through our Bible reading plan, I was struck by what I've read in Matthew 6. (Which is a chapter of the Bible I've read many times. But that's the beauty of reading and ...  Read More

Beloved Kinney, We talk a lot about fighting sin, overcoming temptation, guarding our hearts from evil, etc. All of which are important parts of the Christian life. But I wonder if sometimes in our e...  Read More

Beloved Kinney, I love the simple chorus of the song Come All You Unfaithful that says, "Christ is born for you." Jesus, the Christ, the Messiah, the Savior, the King, was born for you, for your good...  Read More

Beloved Kinney, We have, built within the fabric of who we are, a need to look ahead, to long for, to hope in, to wait for something better, something bigger, something more satisfying than what we'r...  Read More

Beloved Kinney, I wonder how much you've thought about the theme of "wilderness" in Scripture. Surprisingly, it's a prominent theme. Of course, we know that Israel wandered in the wilderness for 40 y...  Read More

Beloved Kinney, As we prepare our hearts to give thanks to God on Thanksgiving, I want to draw our attention to a beloved psalm of Thanksgiving: Psalm 100......  Read More

Beloved Kinney, I've been so thankful for our Bible reading plan because the Lord is so kind to show me things from his Word that I desperately need for the day. He did it again this morning......  Read More

Beloved Kinney, I read this morning in our church's Bible reading plan this passage from the book of Hebrews: "The former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from conti...  Read More

Beloved Kinney, I've always been struck by the logic Paul uses in Titus 3 about why we should love non-Christians......  Read More

Beloved Kinney, Last week, I provided 30 possible manifestations of the fear of man. If you weren't convicted, then you might need to grow in greater self-awareness OR think of other ways your fear o...  Read More

Beloved Kinney, We all struggle, in varying ways and to varying degrees, with what the Bible calls "the fear of man". Put simply, we care too much about what people think of us......  Read More

Beloved Kinney, Do you know what "apologetics" is? It's a fancy word that means to "give a defense." When we speak of apologetics as it pertains to the Christian faith, we mean that we are using argu...  Read More