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Monthly Archives: January 2015
It is your choice…………
Pastor Idleman in Chapter 3 is hitting us hard with example after example of difficult circumstances in peoples’ lives and he does that to get the reader to recall those bumps in the road that we all have experienced. Sometimes … Continue reading
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Erase Those Pigpen Moments…..
I don’t know how many of you are studying along with me but Chapter 3 really gets into the moments of crisis that God uses to draw us closer to Him. Pastor Idleman has a long list of times when … Continue reading
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What God Uses…..Chapter 3
We have all known people who are going through hard times. Heck we have all had hard times. Have you heard anyone say “This is part of God’s plan for you” or “God won’t put any more on you than … Continue reading
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WAKE UP!
As we get to the end of Chapter 2, Pastor Idleman concludes with a prayer. He references 2 Kings when Elisha the Prophet was attacked by King Aram. Elisha saw that God was with him but his servant did not. … Continue reading
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The Billboard
So far I have “cherry picked” important ideas out of Pastor Kyle Idleman’s book AHA. I have written about how God is trying to communicate with us because He loves us. I believe He really does. He does not want … Continue reading
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Sleepwalking
Pastor Idleman turns to the Cain and Abel episode in Genesis to explain what we normally feel when we sin. Now before you go there, most of us don’t murder our brothers so don’t draw that parallel because the murder … Continue reading
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Isaiah 55:3 It Is All About Listening
Over my years of teaching communication, one of the favorite subjects I taught was listening. I don’t know why. My wife tells me often that I am not very good at it. Guess why…I am always talking. She is a … Continue reading
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Old Car Horn
Pastor Idleman uses so many attention-getting examples in his book from everyday life. Many of us have I phones and he talks about the different ring-tones and alarm tones than can be accessed to get your attention. He compares that … Continue reading
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“Hey Zack Morris, how do you like working at Target?”
Ok, I promised in a church-wide email to St. John United Methodist Church, Hopkinsville, Ky. Shorter posts and more frequent posts on this blog…… Before we get into Chapter 2, let me address a couple of things. 1. Have you … Continue reading
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Chapter 1…The Distant Country from AHA by Kyle Idleman
Wow, what a way to start the new year! When the TV is full of ads about losing weight, smoking cessation products, exercise equipment and people who are into making an effort to bring resolutions into reality, we start St. John Studies … Continue reading
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