Every showdown is ultimately a contest over authority. When a thought arrives in the mind, the real question is whose word will govern what we believe. This letter looks at capturing a thought, filling the space with what is true, and what that has to do with worship.

Anyone who has recognized that a showdown is taking place in their mind eventually asks the same question: what do I do now? Romans 12:2 gives us Paul’s answer. We will either be conformed or we will be transformed, and God has chosen to begin that work in the very place where the showdown is fought.

What happens when the greatest opposition to where God is taking you is the way you have learned to think? Some thoughts have been with us so long that we no longer question them. They have become familiar, but familiarity does not establish truth. This letter looks at the showdown that takes place in the mind.

Goliath had been showing up for forty days, and Israel had learned to plan around him. Then David arrived and asked a different question. What have you grown accustomed to that God is giving you the grace to answer? Read the full post to consider the showdown that has been waiting on you.

I walked into a restaurant craving chicken curry and samosas, and I walked out without either. What happened at that counter was a showdown between what I sensed and what I wanted. This is the story of how I felt the check, negotiated with it, and finally yielded.