A crafty scheme …
I was feeling guilty. I think part of it was my age. I had just turned a teenager, and I had never had to deal with something […]
07
Jul
2009
All posts by
James Scott, Jr.
03
Jul
2009
A fishing tale …
Fishing is something I’ve done very little of. I’ve gone out a few times as a teen, and a grand total of once as an adult. The […]
19
Jun
2009
What can you learn from a sunburn? …
Having lived in Hawaii, California, and Arizona, I know how to be out in the sun and avoid the dreaded sunburn. Granted it means keeping yourself slathered […]
18
Jun
2009
Unoriginal preaching …
Where’s the originality in today’s sermons? A disturbing trend I’ve seen among some pastors and church teachers is that, when preparing for a new sermon or sermon […]
18
Jun
2009
God is not a means to an end …
One of the ways many Christians disappoint themselves — and create a disappointment with God — is putting upon God inappropriate and unbiblical expectations. “If I do […]
16
Jun
2009
Cause no harm …
This evening I saw a dad leaving a store, his son directly behind him. What I couldn’t hear was an obvious disagreeable conversation going on between them. […]
15
Jun
2009
Remember this thing called truth? …
Philosophy is not biblical truth. Neither is “positive thinking” or any of the tidbits routinely thrown out for achieving “success.” Just because you “believe it” doesn’t mean […]
15
Jun
2009
Copy cat …
Give me directions and I can usually find any place I need to go. And if I drive there once, doing so again is usually no problem. […]
15
Jun
2009
Penetrating lives …
More than half of all Christians feel like they are not growing spiritually, according to the results of a couple researchers studying issues Christians face. Bad news! […]
10
Jun
2009
Big sins, little sins …
Keyboards have been blazing with new blog posts and tweets have been flying about the latest pastor who had an affair. Yes, it’s a terrible thing. Not […]