Robert Noland – Page 44

Giving Up Your License

As I mentioned two weeks ago in my blog re-launch, we just moved from Texas to Tennessee and I have never moved out of state before. Our family has finally begun doing those moving things that you put off as long as you can. One of the most dreaded and feared is the driver’s license […]

Downsizing Your Yard

I get a lot of comments on the chapter in my book entitled “Discovering Your Lawn Language.” A lot of guys like the simple analogy of weeds growing amidst the grass likened to the sin in our hearts. Simple and we get it. In the chapter, I talk about having the biggest yard, at that […]

Damage Control

My 2008 Nissan Titan Crew Cab pick-up truck (black, running boards, long bed, complete with Jack Bauer sticker) . . . sorry . . . I love my truck . . . has an option called “parking sensors.” Now, in case you don’t know what those are, they are small, uh . . . sensors […]

Extreme (Life) Makeover

If you have followed The Knight’s Code on any level, you likely have noticed that sometime in April, I went AWOL. Well, here’s the deal . . . In March, we put our house on the market. In April, we got a solid contract on it. In May, we sold and moved to a temp […]

Turf War

If you’ve read my book, The Knight’s Code, you know that in chapter 5—Discovering Your Lawn Language—I use the analogy of weeds in the yard likened to the sin in our lives. I talk about one spot where my neighbor’s yard comes up to my yard. This time of the year, the weeds in his yard, […]

Second-hand Info or First-hand Experience?

For longer than I want to admit, God has had me in His “waiting room.” That has become somewhat of a Christian cliche over the past decade, but we have come to understand it is when God is doing things in you, so He can later do more through you. He has you in a holding pattern, […]

How Often Does God Tell Us No?

We all know there are many Scriptures that call God our Heavenly Father. Even non-Christians know that God is known as Father. If you’re going to even consider that God is real, then viewing Him as a father-figure is not a stretch. Applying all the Scriptures about God to His character, we know He is a […]

Fear in the Mind, Faith of the Heart

Remember learning to ride a bike? Your mind was telling you there was no way you would ever learn to balance that bike and you were about to crash any moment. But simultaneously, your heart was also dreaming about sailing down the sidewalk, wind blowing past you, amazed at your new-found freedom. Yeah, you did […]

Did You Do That on Purpose?!

“Yeah, I’m hoping to get that done by Thursday.” “I want to have that out by next month.” “My plan is to start that as soon as possible.” “As soon as everything falls into place, we’ll be ready to go.” Do these phrases sound familiar to you? When we make these kind of statements, we […]

Way of the Cross, Way of the Crown

Romans 12:1: “Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.” One of the most difficult concepts taught and practiced in Christianity is “dying to self.” That is opposite of what our flesh […]