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Hello everyone and welcome back to Deeper Waters where we are diving into the ocean of truth. Before continuing tonight, I wish to let you readers know that I will be out of town this weekend so there will be no new blogs until I return. Tonight however, we are going to start our look at love in 1 Corinthians 13 with verse four where we start with “Love is patient.” Now honestly, how many of us when we think about what love is would s...

What is the one thing you can control? People? Future? Circumstances? NOPE. There is only one thing you can control… YOURSELF. Here is what I know: If you don’t like your circumstances, then quit trying to change them. Focus on what you can control…changing yourself. By changing yourself, you will change your circumstances. Too simplistic? Too unbiblical? First of all it’s more difficult then you think. Second of all, if i...

Rick at “Dry Creek Chronicles” is an eclectic blogger, meaning he writes about many different things, including his personal life and family. I like that… I’m not that kind of blogger – much – but I like it. I was recently challenged by his post “Notes on faithful presence” on many levels. First, many of us consider our lifestyle or life choices as special, unique, p...

One of the advantages to living in Omaha is the fairly eclectic musical tastes. I have seen this first hand this summer as we travel about to take in my son’s Legion baseball games. During these games the home teams try to create a bit of atmosphere. As you can imagine music is a big part of things. With the various tastes in various locations, we get a grab-bag of music. Sometimes it’s classic rock, other times it’s hip-hop, st...

I had an e-mail from a person who asked what books do I believe one should study when studying the doctrine of the Trinity.  This person was dealing with two attacks.  One was from some Jehovah's Witnesses and the other from a Oneness Pentecostal that they worked with.  Both groups deny the doctrine of the Trinity and both claim the doctrine to be not only unbiblical but heretical.  Of course, those of us who hold to orthodoxy...

There is a bit of a feud (and that is a huge overstatement) going on between two of my friends – real friends – on their blogs. It started when Eric at “A Pilgrim’s Progress” wrote the post “No Guarantee.” In the post, Eric exhorts the church to seek to edify one another. He concludes, “I simply want to encourage us all to be intentional in our efforts at mutual edif...

You’ve probably never heard of George Weiss. However, he served as a real source of inspiration for me today. Mr. Weiss is an inventor. In fact, over the last 50 years his creativity has produced more than 80 inventions, many of which are piled up in the basement of the Brooklyn, NY, home in which he’s lived for the last 45 years. According to MSNBC… His inventions have won rave reviews from his friends and family, yet he was u...

I wanted to congratulate my South Carolina Gamecocks on winning their second national championship in the NCAA College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.  I took my family today to see the Gamecocks return back to Columbia, SC to over 12,000 fans celebrating the historic win.  In the process of winning the title, the Gamecocks broke records for consecutive wins in the NCAA's with 16 and the most wins in the College World Series in a row. ...

My friend Jason once had a very good blog. Then, he stopped blogging. We prayed for him. Now, thank God, Jason is blogging again at “Thoughts from the Glen.” His first post is called “Finding a Path and Showing it to Others.” I appreciate this first post because Jason explains (the short version of) how he got to where he is now. In the past, I’ve found Jason’s posts to be very ...

What thought comes to your mind when you read this? We CAN end poverty. While I think most people like the idea of fighting poverty when it’s convenient, I seriously doubt many of us actually think it’s beatable. What if I told you I believed it is possible for the Church to end extreme poverty in our lifetime? What If I told you I believed it is time for our low expectations in the church to change? I know the statistics are staggeri...