Jeff's Musings

  There is a compelling story in the book of Luke, chapter 19 about a man named Zaccheus. But it’s made more so by the fact that just one chapter earlier, in the Bible Jesus had made a very piercing statement about people like Zacchaeus who were prosperous in those days. Look at what Jesus [&...

Your most important objective in life is to grow spiritually. Once you know Jesus Christ, it’s more important than your job. It’s more important than your marriage. It’s more important than making a million dollars and retiring. It’s the very reason you were put on this earth. God put you he...

Spiritual growth, spiritual maturity is a choice. You are as close to God as you want to be. Don’t blame anybody else. It’s not God’s fault. If you feel far from God, guess who moved? God did not move. You cannot blame your husband or your wife or your parents or your kids or somebody [&hellip...

Jesus once told the story in the Bible, which illustrates the three common barriers that keep you from growing spiritually. The story is found in Luke 8:4-15.  He says there’s a farmer that goes out to sow seed. In the old days they would literally spread it with their hands. As this farmer t...

Are you stressed?  If you live in America, then you have experienced stress at one point in time.  It could be while you were driving on the freeway and traffic was backed up bumper to bumper. Or possibly when little Junior was throwing a tantrum, the dog was chasing the cat, the telephone...

There are really only three basic world views in life. Before I proceed, I want to clarify that I am speaking about the culture/world we live in per se’.  These three are hedonism, which is the desire for pleasure, second is materialism, which is  about possessions, and lastly&#...

If you’ve ever watched a marathon you know a lot of people start out but don’t finish at the end. I think that’s a parallel to the Christian life. Many people start out good in the Christian life but somewhere along the line they get waylaid, sidetracked, they run out of energy. Ho...

 We live in a very sex-saturated society. It’s everywhere. It’s the number one value in our society. It is used to sell literally everything. Most of the media is built around sexuality and sensuality.    “Sex and the City”  and "Desperate Housewies&qu...

Once every few years, you come up on one of those books that I call a "life altering book." It is the kind of book that makes you re-think your previous understanding on a subject or teaching.  One of these books that have had a big impact in my thinking is one on money by […]...

Moses teaches us that great successes in ministry are often followed by failure. Moses led the people from the Red Sea. They went into the desert of Shur and for three days they traveled in the desert without finding water. When they came to Marah they could not drink its water because it was bitter...