The Scriptures sit us down each morning and speak into us, illuminating the hope we have in Christ, and giving me the endurance to do beautiful things for the next 24 hours. Bubba Rainwater

We get to choose what where we look . . . in the mirror or out the window. One make you honest. The other makes excuses. Bubba Rainwater

Who will you be when the master returns? Paul exhorts the Romans to awaken that person NOW, if not sooner. WHO will you be? Bubba Rainwater

I rise up from the Cross with a feeling of obligation, but how can I thank Christ with something more than words? I can love people. I can see them and gather my stuff and I can go to them, and not cross over to the other side. Bubba Rainwater

The choice to submit to the authorities in our lives was made at Calvary. We chose Christ and the effect of THAT choice is that we submit to the authorities God has given us. Bubba Rainwater

Evan Sidwell

A summary of the depiction of a Living Sacrifice from Romans 12 and a glimpse of the victory Jesus won over evil on the day of the Cross. Bubba Rainwater

At no point in the Scriptures are individuals invited to exact revenge on anyone. God claimed the right to vengeance, so what is my right? My opportunity? God's expectation? Bubba Rainwater

KALOS is what Mary was doing when she anointed the feet of Jesus--it was excellent, beautiful, awesome. The Living Sacrifice plots these moments. KAKOS is the opposite of KALOS. The Living Sacrifice never repays KAKOS for KAKOS. Bubba Rainwater

Remember walking into the school cafeteria back in the day and sizing up where you would sit? Did you see others in the same way? Did you choose to sit with the "lowly"? Jesus taught this at a Sunday Lunch with a group of Pharisees.

Bubba Rainwater