As Iron sharpens Iron,
so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27: 17)
During my life there have been times when I have felt extremely close to God and where he has placed me on earth. There are other times when I have felt very far from God. Those times where I felt extremely close to God, I [...]
15 Jul
Posted by Tripp as Bible Study, Discipleship, Life Management
One of the things I struggle with pretty often is trying to figure out my calling in life. It seems pretty easy for me to look at other people’s lives and see their calling. It’s also pretty easy to look at peopled “called” into the ministry to identify and put some meat on [...]
02 May
Posted by Tripp as Bible Study, Discipleship, Leadership
Nehemiah 2
Nehemiah was a “foreigner” who worked directly for the king. I believe he had a pretty good relationship with King Artaxerxes (King A from here on out) because the king asked him what was bothering him. “Why the long face?” I know that your body language and facial expressions can give away your mood, [...]
30 Apr
Posted by Tripp as Discipleship, Leadership, Life Management
I was hanging out one day in middle school with my best friend and he told me, “I think I’m going to start running cross country for the high school.” That sounded cool to me. So we started running together. Everyone morning he would come down to my house around 6 AM and we would [...]
When my wife and I got married, we moved into one of her grandfather’s little rental houses. It wasn’t much and it needed a lot of work. We worked off a lot of rent by making some upgrades to the property. After the projects were completed, the house looked better and better.
We lived in [...]