The price was great indeed:
To suffer and to bleed.
But opposite to greed,
He saw the greater need.
Christ Jesus chose to pay the cost
to seek and save the lost.
-Wills Osborn (6/19/2017)
See Luke 19:10
Category: Thoughts
Rabboni (Poem)
“Oh woman, tell us why you weep,
and why this tearful vigil keep.”
“They came and took my Lord away!
I don’t know where they’ve put Him.”
“Dear woman, tell Me why you weep.
Who is the Man for whom you seek?”
“If you have carried Him away,
I want to come and get Him!”
“Mary, it is I.”
“Rabboni!”
-Wills Osborn (6/17/2017)
Based on John 20:11-16
The Lookout (Sermon)
Habakkuk, the lookout for Israel, pleads with the Lord on the people’s behalf, but the Lord’s answer doesn’t make sense. What is a righteous person to do?
The following is a message I shared at Palms Gospel Chapel on May 14, 2017.
Title: The Lookout
Follow along here: Habakkuk
Good Coffee
In order to be of full benefit, a Christian must, like good coffee, be:
- Allowed to mature (shown their need),
- Picked (called),
- Put through the fire (tested),
- Ground (emptied of self),
- Mixed with others (taught to love), and
- Steeped (put to work).
Gentle Slide
I’ve been noodling around on my guitar and enjoyed producing this little riff.
Let me know what you think!
Preparation For Ministry (Sermon)
The following is a message I shared at Buena Park Christian Fellowship on March 26, 2017.
Title: Preparation For Ministry
Follow along here: Luke 4:1-13
Obedience (Sermon)
The following is a message I shared at Buena Park Christian Fellowship on February 12, 2017.
Title: Obedience
Follow along here: 1 Samuel 15
Ceaseless (Poem)
Churning inside;
Serene to my eye.
A cloud is never still.
Filled to the brim,
With water to lend:
Valleys and streams to fill.
Thunder and rain,
That cannot be tamed,
A cloud is never still.
Today’s to-do List
Woe! Really?
I cringe when I read the “woes” Jesus spoke to the Pharisees and lawyers in Luke 11. Take, for example, when He says, “But woe to you Pharisees! You give a tenth of mint, rue, and every kind of herb, and you bypass justice and love for God. These things you should have done without neglecting the other” (Luke 11:42 HCSB). These Pharisees did a good job of putting their religiosity on display. They faithfully obeyed the “tithing law” with their material possessions, but they did not provide justice to the downtrodden nor did they love God.
Jesus went to on to pronounce the following woe on the experts in the law, “Woe to you experts in the law! You have taken away the key of knowledge! You didn’t go in yourselves, and you hindered those who were going in” (Luke 11:52). These men had everything necessary to help everyone know and practice true worship, but they distorted it (or kept it to themselves) so the people were kept in darkness. But why was Jesus so harsh on these leaders? It makes me uncomfortable to hear how sharply He rebuked them. Continue reading
