Before you run me out of christiandom with pitchforks, or use these words to plant a seed that you use to shape your life after Conan, let me define the term in the context I am using it. Against popular belief Barbarians weren't a race, nationality, or culture. The term was actually used as a stereotype. In Paul's day it was used for people that were outside of Rome's influence. They were considered crude, uneducated, rural bumpkins that were not bright enough to become civ

These are hard times. Sure, in America, there is no reason anyone should go without the basic elements of nature life...food,water, and shelter, but man does not live by bread alone. Counter popular belief, we aren't just living in a material world. Life isn't dictated by mere blood, guts, and grey matter. The Lord knows us, He knows how carnal our thinking can be. In 2 Corinthians 4:18 he reminds us, "while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which ar

There are lessons that can only be experienced. Sure, books and classrooms open our hearts for when these lessons come, but reality only sets in when one has to live through the syibus of hard knocks. We never see Jesus come to the, weather beaten, fishermen of the Galilee and say follow me, I will make you schoolmasters of men. Rather, He professes, "I will make you fishers of men." (Mark 1:17) Common religion would dictate that life's realities exist in religious structures

Romans 5:3-5  Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.  And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. "It will put hair on your chest," was what I always heard when I complained. My uncles had their way of telling me how to toughen up, without ever having to tell me to, "t

You hear it all the time, "I would rather be in the outdoors thinking about God, than being in a Church thinking about the outdoors." I understand the thought, but honestly, are the two at odds with each other? If God is, who He says He is (and He is), isn't He is exactly the same in both places? And if that is the case, how does this statement strike home with us? As a avid Outdoorsman this statement has always intrigued me. It also called me out, as I have been "that guy"

In a world that seems to be running out of time why do we waste so much of it? Eph: 5:15-16 Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. “I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fel