"The Case for Christ" by Lee Strobel

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       I first read "The Case for Christ" during my coming home period, yet in retrospect, I should have read it during my desert wandering, it might have brought me "home" sooner. I tend to be a scientific, logical, rational, left-brained person, probably more so than I should. If something doesn't make sense to me on an intellectual level, I rarely allow it to reach my emotional or heart level.

Coming Home

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       As I began my return from the desert I focused on finding and attending a church. If you remember from my first post in this series, I had managed to equate "knowing Jesus" with "going to church". At this point, let me be clear, "knowing Jesus" really meant "knowing about Jesus", not knowing Him personally.

Devotion on Proverbs 3:5-6

        Before I move on to today's post, I'd like to explain what SOAP is and why I am using it.

        SOAP stands for Scripture, Observation, Application, and Prayer and is a journaling technique that starts with scripture.

        I have wanted to try this method for a while and now I am experimenting with it as a way of writing my devotions.

        Give this technique a try in your own devotion time and let me know how it works out for you.
~~Ken

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Curious About My International Readers

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        I seem to have readers from outside of the United States. So, if you read my blog, and you do not currently reside in the United States, please [This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.]!

My Desert Wandering (part 2)

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        (Continued from last week…)

        When I flunked out of college the first time (yes, there was more than once), I moved back home, got a part-time job, went to community college and went back to church. Strangely, my life seemed to turn around. I was organized. I was successful in my studies. AND I was "going to church.” After one semester and a summer away from UT, they permitted me to return. This time I didn't live on campus. I had a job lined up working full-time for the Texas National Guard. And, I buckled down with my studies. I even returned to ROTC, thinking it would be helpful for my future career as an army officer.

My Desert Wandering (part 1)

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        In my last post, I told you about my beginnings - how I was born into a Christian home, baptized and raised in the church, and active as a child and youth in the church. When I left home for college, I drifted away from the church. Once I turned my back on the church, then what?

My Beginning

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        Do you remember the 1979 film "The Jerk" starring Steve Martin as Navin Johnson? The movie starts with Navin, a homeless man in an alleyway, telling the audience:

"Huh? I am not a bum, I'm a jerk. I once had wealth, power,
and the love of a beautiful woman. Now I only have two things. My
friends and... uh... my thermos. Huh? My story? O.k. It was never
for easy for me. I was born a poor black child. I remember the
days sitting on the porch with my family singing and dancing,
down in Mississippi."
From <http://www.awesomefilm.com/script/jerksc.html>