Mike Singenstreu

“Does he [the master] thank the servant because he did what he was commanded? So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’” (Luke 17: 9-10) Think about this passage a minute longer…this takes the entitlement mentality head on. The master doesn’t […]

“Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.”  Phil. 4:11 This passage and ones like it is show up a lot in my readings in the Puritan. From Jeremiah Burroughs or Thomas Watson (if you don’t know who these men are you

“These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” (Luke 24:44). “How many times do I have to tell you the same thing?” The words of a frustrated parent, or teacher, or

“And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than with two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than with two

“[Jesus said] ‘You know the way to where I am going.’ Thomas said to him, ‘Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?’ Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’” (John 14:4-6). I

Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. For this is the will of God… “-1 Pet. 2:13-15 In this election “season” we often find

“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.” (2 Tim. 3:16) As we have begun to look at God’s Word from Luke we recognize that Luke is writing to a particular

“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding, which must be curbed with bit and bridle, or it will not stay near you.”- Psalm 32:8-9 As I have said so many times,

“Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” -John 6:32-33 In the Old Testament, we see God providing

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies/compassions and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as we