From the best looking son

And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.  (Or as Mike would say…Press On.) Galatians 6:9 Jason Woodruff is filling in for The Friday Update this week. Jason is Mike’s youngest (and best-looking) son. He lives in...

This is NOT Mike

Happy Friday, I pray that he may grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power in your inner being through his Spirit, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Ephesians 3:16-17...

What have we learned?

Happy Friday, gegraptai   Jesus, Luke 4:4 Jesus framed his response to temptation around the word: gegraptai – i.e., it is written. When tempted in the wilderness, he cited passages out of Deuteronomy,  “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone’”; “It is...

Oh brother.

Happy Friday, Do not let the sun go down on your anger. The Apostle Paul Letter to the Ephesians It’s important to know how to handle anger. It’s also important to note what makes people mad – especially you. In Matthew 2, Herod grew angry when he heard about...

Speaking of Addiction…

Happy Friday: The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ Luke 7:34 Jesus did not deserve the scorn he received from the Pharisees, but one of their accusations was spot on: He was a...