The Writing Desk

  • Take This Personally (c)

    Take This Personally (c)

    One of the best known stories is the adulterous woman found in John 8:1-11. This woman was a Jew and obviously living in sin. It is not a stretch to guess adultery was her pattern of life, making it easy for the religious leaders to set her up. It is also not a stretch to… Read more

  • Psalm 23: Thriving Sheep

    Psalm 23: Thriving Sheep

    You have anointed my head with oil.  Psalm 23:5b Anointing the head with oil is taken seriously in the Bible. It is for specific purposes and administered by specific offices. And those who hold such an official duty must be qualified in their own lives (See James 5:14) to perform this sacred ceremony. It is… Read more

  • Take This Personally (b)

    Take This Personally (b)

    The Sinful One Another Of course we all sin. Here I am talking about the believer who is living in sin and is seemingly unrepentant. We recognize this because she keeps doing the same sin over and over. Often these one anothers are very close to us and that is why it is so hard to love… Read more

  • Take This Personally (a)

    Take This Personally (a)

    Don’t you just love it when someone opens a conversation with, “Now, don’t take this personally?” Of course there is little chance you will take what they say any other way. Not only that, now all sorts of sirens, red flags, and fireworks are going off in your heart and mind. Whatever this person is… Read more

  • Psalm 23: Protected Sheep

    Psalm 23: Protected Sheep

    You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;You have anointed my head with oil;My cup overflows. Psalm 23:5a Who wouldn’t want to have Psalm 23:5 happen to them? I mean, you have The Shepherd preparing a feast for you and anointing your head with oil and filling your cup to overflowing with God’s own specialty beverage, which has to… Read more

  • Take This Personally

    Definition A new commandment I give to YOU that YOU love one another, even as I have loved YOU, that YOU also love one another. By this all men will know that YOU are my disciples if YOU have love for one another. John 13:34 & 35 Read more