by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Mar 7, 2008 | Christian Living
Why do you go to church? If you are like me you go for the wrong reasons. I used to go to church to learn the word, fellowship with other believers and to minister to them. I picked a church that I would get a lot out of. But something has happened in the last two...
by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Mar 4, 2008 | Christian Living, Politics
In recent years religion has become the whipping boy of society. The left says that organized religion is the root of all evil. The right considers religion a bad word insisting that “being a Christian is all about a relationship and not about religion.”...
by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Feb 28, 2008 | Christian Living
Today is the 3 year anniversary of my run in with an Big Rig truck on I-35. I thought this would be a good time to repost some of my thoughts after that wreck. There are more photos on Facebook. The van after the wreck. In February 2006 Kristi Billington died...
by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Feb 15, 2008 | Christian Living, Evangelism
When did we start expecting our missionaries to come back alive and unharmed? If you look back through church history you see this is a new expectation. Back in the day, the Christians who went out to preach the Gospel had already died (to themselves). They saw their...
by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Feb 12, 2008 | Christian Living, Politics
I once saw a sign that read, “Texas proud.” This got me thinking. Can pride ever be a virtue? Am I proud of our nation? The fact is there are a lot of things about this nation I am not proud of. I don’t like how we have one of the most permissive...
by Thomas Umstattd Jr. | Feb 8, 2008 | Christian Living, Public Speaking
Since we are on the topic of confidence, here is another post from the archive. The world says, “be self-confident.” Jesus says, “put your confidence in me.” The world says, “you can do anything you put your mind to.” Jesus says, “you can do nothing apart from me and...
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