Meet Tim. Tim is an upper-level executive for one of the world’s leading and fastest-growing technology corporations. Imagining the google-esque nature of his firm, one can imagine the innovation that is required for the highly cutthroat world of technology. The firm requires not only days, but many nights. The few nights that he has at … Continue reading Enter This New Year With Something Old
Truth Nuggets
Be Patient With God
“It’s my money and I need it now!” If you live with a TV and have cable, you have heard this commercial that JG Wentworth aggressively and unapologetically used to overrun the world of television advertisement. Despite the fact that the phrase grew obnoxious to many over the time that the ad was run, it communicated … Continue reading Be Patient With God
Should I Turn Away from Satan or To God?
Everyone has heard it, "If you were to die today, do you know where you will go?" This question has been asked so much it has desensitized so many people from its implications in being asked! A few years back, when on a mission trip in Haiti, we were out doing street evangelism. We were … Continue reading Should I Turn Away from Satan or To God?
The Joy of the Old Testament
As a junior in college, I began to read Scripture more routinely and joyfully. It was in a house with four other guys, that I would wake up and have my time with God and His Word at 8:00 am (early for a 20 year old college guy!). Depending on the day would depend how … Continue reading The Joy of the Old Testament
Identity Sources
May we declare along with Paul, “Paul, an apostle–not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead–and all the brothers who are with me.” Galatians 1:1–2 The unaware reader or uninformed onlooker may not realize that Paul is introducing the message of the gospel … Continue reading Identity Sources
The Weight of the Word
When we come to the Word of the living God and we read the divinely inspired, God-breathed words, we must come away with conviction of the self rather than compliments of the self. We must come away with instruction and transformation rather than just information and self-justification. When we read the convicting words, we must … Continue reading The Weight of the Word
For God – To God
I have been reading through the Bible chronologically this year and have made my way near the end of the Old Testament. Beginning the book of Ezra, I noticed that Ezra used a unique language as he fulfills his God-given duties. Ezra's duty, to "build" and "rebuild" are not simply for God, but to God. … Continue reading For God – To God
Angry at God
It is far more often than we like to admit that one hears of another being angry at God, or even being himself angry at God. The reasons range on a spectrum that cannot be quantified. I have heard teenagers list reasons along the lines of friends not having their back to a girlfriend breaking … Continue reading Angry at God
Creek Week 2017 Debrief
When I was in college, at the BCM, the director would throw out a "status update" at the beginning of every message. It was always related to what he was about to preach on. If I were to do that with this, I would say, "Allow the Lord to take root in your life." Allow … Continue reading Creek Week 2017 Debrief
Draw Near…
I will never forget a time when I was in the sixth grade, that my friend and I were hanging out one afternoon and he decided it would be funny to call 911 and hang up! Keep in mind, we were at my house. Moments after he calls, a police officer comes to the door asking … Continue reading Draw Near…
Patrick Meador 