by David Alvarez | Mar 3, 2017 | Articles
Luke 9:23-25, Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. 24 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it. 25 What good is it for...
by David Alvarez | Feb 15, 2017 | Articles
On Sunday Hermie Smith gave a short testimony about having a Christ centered conversation with a man while soaking in a hot tub. The ease at which he entered into that conversation made it sound so easy. And yet I know from my own experience that trepidation and...
by David Alvarez | Jan 9, 2017 | Articles
I recently spoke about Mary’s song found in Luke 1:46-55. I focused on the humility demonstrated by Mary to come present to God’s speaking voice and Presence. Her humility reminding me of a parable that Jesus shared in Luke 18. Jesus tells this parable to certain ones...
by David Alvarez | Oct 20, 2016 | Articles
I’m in Hawaii relaxing on the beach and I’m watching a father I’d guess to be about thirty-five and he is in the shallow water with his three-year-old son. They are having the time of their life as dad tosses him in the air and catches him right as he hits the...
by David Alvarez | Aug 23, 2016 | Articles
Luke 12:27-32 (NKJV), Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. If then God so clothes the grass, which today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the...
by David Alvarez | Jul 26, 2016 | Articles
This Bible Saturation plan that I am going through during my sabbatical is really kicking up some deep things within me. James 2:13, the title of this blog, is such a simple phrase yet I struggled for so many years under judgment. Growing up in a home where my...
