Everyday Truth with Kurt Skelly

Beware of dogs!

I have to admit that I definitely prefer dogs over cats! That's not to say that I haven't had a scary moment or two with ill-tempered canines... But to our 21st century minds the warning to "beware of dogs" seems a bit misplaced. But if you realized just how dangerous these dogs were, you'd walk carefully! Listen in and learn why.

Rejoice is a choice!

If you were to consider only the circumstances described in Philippians chapters 1 and 2, you would never summarize them as "joyful." That is, until you add "the Lord." Our responsibility is to "rejoice in the Lord." The Lord is provides the reason, motivation, context, and sphere for rejoicing. All that's left to do is simply to decide to do it!  

Risking Your Life

As an attention junkie, I have to admit that I was quite the daredevil as a teenager. Looking back though, I would label some of my "brave exploits" more like "totally stupid, what-was-I-thinking, brain-cell deficient lunacy"! But there were some real people who did some really important things that were really life risking. They deserve our attention.

We think alike. Or do we?

Do any of you have that kind of friend that know you so well that he actually finishes your sentences? Or randomly hums the tune of a song that ringing through your mind at the exact same moment? It's actually kind of odd! But truly to be likeminded goes even beyond that, and is rarer still. 

Complainers are dim lights.

Murmuring, complaining, and petty disputing are great ways to diminish your influence. In fact, you might as well take the batteries out of your flashlight altogether! Ministry becomes empty and fruitless when it's practiced under these negative conditions! Find out why in today's episode.

The Most Powerful Name of All Time

At the name of Jesus, every knee will ultimately bow and every tongue will confess that He is Lord. What a statement! And what power! A name represents the sum total of a person's reputation--that for which he is known. The humiliation of Jesus is simply a short road to His exaltation. 

WWJD is impossible without HWJT

Most of us know that WWJD stands for, "What would Jesus do?" But the answer to that question is impossible without asking the preliminary question, "How would Jesus think?" Our actions grow out of our thinking. The bible is clear when it tells us to have the mind of Christ. What does that mind look like?

Two Choices on the Shelf

Years ago I heard this simply poem: "Just two choices on the self: pleasing God or pleasing self." Why do we do what we do? When we intend to advance our own agenda, we inevitably fertilize strife. When we choose to honor God by placing more value on others, we both emulate and glorify Christ.

Paying It Forward

Has God been good to you? If your answer to that question is, "yes," then you have a responsibility to pay it forward. What would happen in a church if we treated people forwardly as God has treated us, instead of treating people reactively as they have treated us?  

What scares you?

Spiders? Snakes (me)? Clowns? Pitch dark rooms? Speaking to strangers? One thing is for sure: fear will change your attitude and your behavior. It will keep you from participating, going, saying, and doing. Fear paralyzes. Would it surprise you if I told you that God allows His children to be placed in scary places? Don't suffer from ObeyGodaphobia.