Not About Sedation
In John 14:15-16 Jesus promises to send the Holy Spirit and that the spirit will come to be an advocate, a counselor, a comforter. He can guide us in our decisions and protect us from physical and spiritual dangers. As […]
Every Day is Thanksgiving Day
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus – Thessalonians 5:16-18. John had finally hit bottom: his small law firm was failing; he was struggling through a painful divorce; his two […]
He Belongs to the Ages
You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father […]
Forgetting
There’s a story about a city dweller who was visiting relatives on a farm and the farmer gave a whistle and his dog herded the cattle into the corral, then the dog latched the gate with her paw. “Wow, that’s […]
Prayer
At the age of forty-seven, Nick Thomas found himself unemployed and under tremendous financial pressure. Though he had had a successful career in the Air Force and the insurance business, some reversals had set him back and left him with […]
Too Soon To Quit
Do you ever feel like throwing in the towel? Maybe the pressure at work is too much; maybe the problems in your marriage seem overwhelming; or perhaps the goal you have strived for years to attain remains just beyond your […]
Be Still
John Killinger, in “Finding God in a Busy World,” writes: I thought about this text [Ps 46:10] some months ago as I sat in Sacre-Coeur, a church built atop Montmartre, a high hill overlooking the city of Paris. This marvelous […]
The Power of Dirt
One day a farmer’s old mule fell into an empty well. The farmer was disappointed to lose his good mule, but he concluded that the mule couldn’t be rescued, because the well was too narrow and too deep to retrieve […]
As He Loved The Church…
“Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church” For most of us, the first thing that comes to mind when we think of Christ’s love for the church is the fact that he died for us. The thing is, […]
Ambassadors of Reconciliation
For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. This is the wonderful message he has given us to tell others. We are Christ’s ambassadors, and God is using us to speak […]
