Steve Carpenter
JOY TO THE WORLD IS KIND OF A BIG DEAL
JOY TO THE WORLD IS KIND OF A BIG DEAL
Steve Carpenter
The Power and Priority of Praise

Today, in my own time of prayer, I was captured by the biblical phrase, “to execute on them the written judgement — this honor have all His saints”. I couldn’t shake it. I remembered that these words are found in Psalm 149, and I went to that passage to meditate on this thought.

The Power and Priority of Praise
Steve Carpenter
Kings and Priests — The Back Story

So, this is a very interesting story from the Bible. Perhaps it has some relevance to what is happening today. The God of the Bible is referred to as the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. This particular story is about Jacob. I’ll summarize it and make an application, but you can read the whole story in Genesis 29.

Kings and Priests — The Back Story
Steve Carpenter
NO COMPROMISE

Just to be clear, this is not a religious, right-wing, knee-jerk reaction to the worldliness of the world. I get it. There is light and there is dark, there is music and there is art. Sinners sin, Jesus saves, and God so loved the world. I know. But sometimes, things just need to said.

NO COMPROMISE
Steve Carpenter
The Frog and the Kettle

Perhaps you have heard of the frog and the kettle? Basically, the boiling frog is an apologue describing a frog being slowly boiled alive. The premise is that if a frog is put suddenly into boiling water, it will jump out, but if the frog is put in tepid (lukewarm) water which is then brought to a boil slowly, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death. The story is often used as a metaphor for the inability or unwillingness of people to react to or be aware of sinister threats that arise gradually rather than suddenly.

The Frog and the Kettle

Pregnant With Purpose

Pregnant With Purpose

Tis’ the season when this biblical account will be read in places of worship all over the world. These scenes have been portrayed in children’s plays and reenacted in professional presentations from the stage to the silver screen for generations. These few scriptures have been the inspiration for countless songs, hymns and carols in every nation of the world.