I often say, “good listening” to my two year old granddaughter after she’s struggled, and I’ve coaxed, but she decides to obey what I’m asking her to do. I realized this week, it is still not so different with me and God sometimes. Just this Monday, as my work and family task list felt extraContinue reading “Good Listening”
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One decision. Changed our family forever.
Dad would’ve been 96 yesterday. It’s been 2.5 years since he left to be with Jesus and I miss him everyday. I read these words yesterday, and I couldn’t help but to think of my Dad — “God has not left us at the mercy of our own weaknesses.” Dad could have thrown in theContinue reading “One decision. Changed our family forever.”
We aren’t skipping through daisies. We are in a battle. A spiritual battle.
If we are honest, most of us would agree, these are hard words— “Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrathContinue reading “We aren’t skipping through daisies. We are in a battle. A spiritual battle.”
Relevant Words from an Ancient Prophet
I believe as a country, a church and as people, we are being deceived by false prophets speaking empty oracles. Jeremiah talks of false prophets and empty oracles. He says the false prophets “walk in lies and strengthen the hands of evildoers so that no one turns back from his wickedness” (23:14). Doesn’t that soundContinue reading “Relevant Words from an Ancient Prophet”
When can we quit?
“Not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord.” Romans 12:11 describes how we are to serve the Lord. It goes on to say, you are to serve this way unless you are busy with other responsibilities, or you are approaching retirement age, or if you’ve done a lot in the past, or unlessContinue reading “When can we quit?”
Ignore Evil? Call everything good?
Paul wrote, “Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.” (Rom 12:9). Many Christians today seem to read this as “Ignore what is evil. Call everything good.” They refuse to exercise any sort of discernment perhaps due to fear of being called judgmental while evil advances without opposition andContinue reading “Ignore Evil? Call everything good?”
Is this on your list for today?
I’ve got a list for today.I bet you do too. But my early morning study tells me I’m to bear fruits in keeping with repentance. (Matt 3:7-10). One day, we will all give an account for what we’ve done with the life we’ve been given by the blood-bought sacrifice of the Son of God. HowContinue reading “Is this on your list for today?”
Shall we just destroy them all?
I laughed out loud as I read this passage in my Bible. This doesn’t usually happen, but sometimes, I find myself chuckling. Luke describes the time Jesus healed a boy possessed by a demon after His disciples failed to do so. He, then, prophesies His coming death and steadfastly sets His face to go toContinue reading “Shall we just destroy them all?”
When you need to remember again…
In the middle of the night, I confess, I have sometimes laid awake with worry. Should I have done things differently? Did I make the right decisions? Did I say the right things? In the dark of night, I feel myself tempted to believe it’s all up to me. Fear begins to surround me asContinue reading “When you need to remember again…”
HE IS RISEN!
The ground shook.The angel appeared.The stone rolled away.The soldiers fell like dead men. The grave empty.Death defeated!The Way Made!Victory complete. JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD AND DEFEATED SIN AND DEATH! This changed everything! When Christians say, “He is Risen”, it’s not that we are saying Christianity is useful. We are saying that it is TRUE!Continue reading “HE IS RISEN!”
Tuesday of Holy Week
Jesus spends most of Tuesday of Holy Week teaching and being questioned by the religious leaders in order that they might trap Him somehow. Were they jealous of His following? Did they feel threatened by the authority with which He taught? Or did they reason, if they could trip Him up, they might surely proveContinue reading “Tuesday of Holy Week”
Thoughts on Holy Week
I can only imagine the spiritual battle being waged in the heavenlies as Jesus headed toward Jerusalem and what we call the Triumphal Entry and Holy Week. Surely, the demons seethed and swarmed. And while we prepare our hearts this week to celebrate the fact that Satan and his minions were eternally defeated with theContinue reading “Thoughts on Holy Week”
A great weapon of the enemy
It’s one thing to be sick over the sin in our culture, but it’s entirely another, and necessary, to have times when I’m sick over my own sin. When you ask the Lord to show you your sin, He does. And it is always out of His kindness that God shows us and leads usContinue reading “A great weapon of the enemy”
Are you weary and troubled?
Do you notice it too? So many I know, who have been on the front lines for the faith are discouraged, and distracted, and some are even deceived by sin right now. Why would I be surprised that now,when the world seems as scary and as crazy as I’ve seen it in my lifetime, thatContinue reading “Are you weary and troubled?”
Don’t change the message!
These words were written to those who would seek to follow the Lord, those suffering for the faith, those not yet born, and those who would live in the End of Days. These were the last words of a dying saint who knew his time was short. Don’t miss this! Paul uses STRONG words whenContinue reading “Don’t change the message!”
We are wrong if we think God does not do this.
I usually breeze past genealogies in the Bible. Except this time I didn’t. (Matt 1) I stopped in adoration of the God, who could have chosen a more flawless lineage, but instead, chose to use and call out by name those with a very checkered past in the birth of His Son. Matthew 1:1-16 listsContinue reading “We are wrong if we think God does not do this.”
End of Days?
The disciples wanted to know when the End of Days would come. (Luke 21:7) I want to know, too. In Luke 21, Jesus gives what is commonly called the Olivet Discourse (Jesus was at the Mount of Olives when He said these things. Matthew 24 also records, in greater detail, the Olivet Discourse, and isContinue reading “End of Days?”
People are increasingly upset by truth.
For years, I’ve merely studied the Bible and written what I’ve learned. I’ve been encouraged by so many who study with me. But others, including some friends and family, have not liked what I have written on things like marriage, abortion, gender identity, homosexuality etc. Most are fairly kind in theirdisagreement, but I’ve also receivedContinue reading “People are increasingly upset by truth.”
Struggling to believe?
Noah lived 350 years after the flood and dies. His descendants are listed in Genesis 10. The earth population grows. At this point, all the people spoke the same language and they decided to stay together and build a city and a tall tower in the plain of Shinar (Babylon). (Gen 11) But remember, GodContinue reading “Struggling to believe?”
God knew we’d want to stop.
Paul ends this letter to the church at Colosse by calling out fellow brothers, beloved friends, fellow servants of God who labor for each other and the cause of Christ and who are “a great comfort” to Paul. He says this just before he closes with the words, “Take heed to the ministry you haveContinue reading “God knew we’d want to stop.”
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