Tim Tracy Do You Know Your Identity In Christ? Good things do come in small packages. Jesus taught using stories called parables, and some of them are quite short– but incredibly potent. An example is the parable of the wise and foolish builders. It’s only four verses, but it’s packed with a powerful truth: “Therefore everyone who … Read more
Remember Paul Harvey? Years ago there was a famous newscaster named Paul Harvey who often reported on little-known stories from history. He always closed his radio shows with, “And now you know…the rest of the story.” In previous blog posts I’ve shared my testimony about coming to Christ at the age of 18 in the … Read more
On the Road to Jericho Have you ever heard “It’s all in the details”? The quote comes from creative genius Walt Disney, and it’s a good thing to keep in mind as you read the Bible. You may be reading a passage and notice something and think, “I wonder why he mentioned that?” Doing some … Read more
Why May Is A Special Month May is always a special month for me. There are a couple of reasons for that. My birthday is in May — feel free to send gifts 🙂 The second reason is that May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time when many individuals, groups and ministries seek to … Read more
Burdened With Emotional Baggage? Right on page 2 of his book The Source of My Strength, author and pastor Charles Stanley wrote a paragraph that almost took my breath away. He was talking about the tragic effect of emotional baggage in the lives of so many people, including Christians. He wrote, “Some of the heartaches, … Read more
Don’t Set Perfection As Your Goal You may think this title doesn’t make any sense. “Embracing imperfection? Who wants to be imperfect?” you may ask. Well, who wants to spend their entire life being unhappy? The answer would be no one. But that is what you are likely to do if you are always … Read more
God of the Seasons The tagline on my logo is “Blessings, Breakthroughs, Beginnings.” Our God is the creator of seasons, and He is definitely a fan of new beginnings. Genesis 8:22 says, “As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.” It is … Read more
Let The Son Shine I’m sure you’ve heard of the new film released last month called Jesus Revolution. It tells the true story of the Jesus People Movement, a youth-centered revival which started on the West Coast in the Sixties and rapidly spread across the country. Hundreds of thousands of kids who had been caught … Read more
You May Not Even Realize It You see it in the news regularly. It’s a worldwide problem, and the more technology develops, the faster it grows. The list of victims grows longer and longer with each passing year. The problem of identity theft is widespread. And yet, it’s … Read more
There isn’t a person alive who hasn’t had that thought. We all have areas in our lives that we would like to see changed. I recently read an interesting book called Change Masters: How to Actually Make the Changes You Already Know You Need to Make by Barry J. Moltz. It’s a book targeted for … Read more