The Sound Word

I recently went to a men's conference and was blessed to have been taught by both Jon Courson and Greg Laurie. I'm still trying to figure out which message ministered to me more, and am not sure if I'll ever know. [note: The messages can be downloaded HERE .] While at the event, I spent $20.00 and purchased a book written by Greg Laurie titled, "The Greatest Stories Ever Told – Old Testament Vols. I-III". I did not have to go too far before God laid something before me that inspired me to expand on those thoughts here. I give Greg Laurie total credit for the inspiration behind this devotional… and he did not even hug me like Jon did! People have lived and died; civilizations have thrived and then been lost to history because they seek something "more". What that 'more' is, they do not know. That's why they seek it. This makes perfect sense, in a dog chasing his tail, or an insane man running circles around the inside of a rubber-walled r...

In a devotional last week I used the 'polarizing' to introduce some topics that seemingly had nothing in common. What they did have in common however was the fact that when brought to conversation, they almost immediately divide people into camps of opposite extremes. Some topics just seem to have no middle ground, or what little middle ground there is seems to be a minefield! With Christianity and our love for Jesus, this too seems to be one on that list of polarizing topics. How many of us have rules that at family gatherings that we do not discuss politics and religion? I personally do not have such a rule (IMHO no Christian should), but I do know of one man who does make this his rule, in spite of the fact that he is a sitting board member of his local church that he has been attending for 60 plus years. This is unfortunate. This being past the 'age of enlightenment', one would think that being able to discuss any topic, regardless of its polarization factor, w...