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I came across this post on a pastor’s blog that gave me a slightly different angle on the new year. I thought it was good enough to just quote in its entirety right here: Sometimes our resolutions are so fancy and productive that they become a distraction. I know I’ve spent past New Year’s Days [...]...

Hello everyone and welcome back to Deeper Waters. Tonight, we’re going to not do our usual Trinitarian Commentary simply because this is a special event as we have just rung in a new year and a new decade. I would also like to think my most recent commenter. I do appreciate the comments. Before we get to tonight’s blo, I do ask for your continued prayers that I will become a more Christlike man, the man that I need to be for the futur...

Where were you on December 31, 1999? I remember where I was. I was on my face at Pavilion Ministries in Columbia, South Carolina. We rang in the new milliniuem by seeking God in prayer and praise. What a memory that is for me. I remember we were praying for the nations when the new year rang in. There had been fear of Y2K and all the now bogus news that we had about that day but we rang in 2000 with praise to Jesus for all that He had done ...

Today, a friend of mine asked if I could help him install a dishwasher for another family. So Jeremy and I joined our friend and his son. Actually, we mainly provided “muscle power” – carrying the dishwasher and loosening/tightening where he told us to. But, serving someone else really was a great way to end the year. I’m trying to remember and learn from what Jesus said, “I desire mercy and not sacrifice.” (Ma...

Dave Black is writing about the Lord’s Supper again (Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at 3:50 pm): I remain convinced, in an obscurantist sort of way of course (being the ultimate obscurantist), of the necessity of having one loaf of bread and one cup during the Lord’s Supper. If you will tolerate yet another reference to the sixteenth century Anabaptists, in 1541 Peter Riedemann wrote that the one loaf is formed by the grinding and mingl...

I was just sitting here doing some writing and a thought came to my mind. How do you define “Happy New Year?” For the past couple of days I’ve been telling just about everyone I run into at Panera, at the mall, and on the street to have a “Happy New Year.”  But now that I’m sitting here thinking about it I’m not even sure I know what that means. My guess is it means a lot different things to a lot of dif...

Hello everyone and welcome back to Deeper Waters where we are continuing our Trinitarian Commentary through the book of Revelation. We’re still on the first chapter as there’s much in here about who Jesus is. However, I ask for your prayers first in my continued path of Christlikeness and becoming the man that I need to be. I also ask that you pray for my financial situation. Finally, I ask for prayers in another important area of my ...

How do you handle people you disagree with? An honest answer would be “it depends.” If it’s a trivial issue, then often you ignore it. Othertimes you negotiate, or acquiesce. We often hear that the wisest and most productive path is to find common ground, to engage, to dialogue, to fully understand the other person so that they will try to fully understand you. But what do you do when the issue concerns God, concerns worldview...

Dr. David Jeremiah is a gifted pastor teacher through his local church, a national media ministry and book writing. His latest book, Living With Confidence in a Chaotic World, is based on a sermon series that gives practical Biblical counsel on how to live in uncertain times. The book explains that in spite of the chaos of 21st century living, we can live with confidence if we stay calm, compassionate, constructive, challenged, connected, center...

I think one of my favorite seasons on Without Wax last year was the 28 day challenge we did leading up to Easter where hundreds of you joined me in reading through the book of Matthew. With that in mind I want to extend an invitation for you guys to join me for the 31 Day Challenge. It’s simple. There are 31 days in January and 31 chapters in the book of Proverbs. I want to challenge you to read a chapter a day from Proverbs through the...