LBC BLOG

"What gain has the worker from his toil? I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end." (Ecclesiastes 3:9-11 ESV) It's never enough. Whether we are talking about a pe...

"Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, 'What does this babbler wish to say?' Others said, 'He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities'because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection." (Acts 17:18 ESV) I've never had a rock thrown at me for preaching the Gospel, never been shot at, never been threatened with a knife o...

I have terrible allergies - most of all to cats. When I find myself in the room with a cat, (I try to avoid this like the plague, but sometimes I'm caught off guard) within minutes, my lungs begin to tighten and I have the feeling that 10,000 lbs. of rocks have just been set on my chest. Though for many a cat is a harmless and maybe even cute household pet, for me it's dif...

"So, passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas. And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing there, urging him and saying, "Come over to Macedonia and help us." And when Paul had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go on into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them." (Acts 16:8-10 ESV) I apologize to a...

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts." (Isaiah 55:8-9 ESV) Today I went to meet Claire for lunch with our dog (Lucy). As I was preparing to leave, I went outside to get the car ready for our trip, and in...

"For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faiththat you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all ...

Peter's rhythm in Acts: Miracle Launch testimony Call to repentance Call to accept the Holy Spirit for refreshment People are made "whole" - expect a whole healing "And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And ...

"And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. And all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as an...

"Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purificati...

"Therefore, we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it." Hebrews 2:1 No one sets out the new day with a plan to drift. Right? We generally don't wake up and declare to the world that this is the day where we will finally stop being intentional and purposeful and begin to float aimlessly on the random currents of life, spinning with...