Sub
When I read the word “sub” I think either ‘below’, as in a sub-text, or a substitute teacher. Today, we mean the […]
Category: Jesus
Suffer
1 Peter 2.19-23 says— “For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. For what glory is it, […]
A Burden
In 1994 a year-long $500,000 renovation finally completed on the Washington Monument. In the lobby of the monument were found interesting graffiti […]
Citizenship
Looking through some old things, I found a booklet from a merit badge I earned in Boy Scouts. Its title is: Citizenship. […]
Mulligrubs
Too much depression, too much down in the mouth, too much mulligrubs in the lives of believers today. It’s as if saved […]
Yourself
A biblical ‘concept’ is one that can be found throughout scripture. It’s a truth in and of itself, but associated to and […]
Redeemed
We read in Hebrews 9.12-14— “Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once […]
Conflict
Let me share a well-known saying adapted for this post: ‘You can take yourself out of a conflict, but you can’t take […]
Hometown
Jesus went from a hungry-wilderness-series of temptations to the rejection of His own people. In of all places, His own hometown. John […]
Stop
I sat yesterday for a few minutes in solitude, praying for different burdens my friends carry. The more I stared at the […]
Deepening Explained
As we posted last week, deepening our walk with Christ is essential. As noted in Psalm 106, David gives us a history […]
One Thing
In the first century church, that Jesus built, there was no difference in a disciple and a convert. Sadly, this is not […]
Love Right
As you scan John 14,15, and part of 16, you’ll find these chapters laced with conditional clauses. Most are obvious like “if” […]
It Is What It Is
In 1900, the Daughters of the American Revolution elected social reformer Jane Addams to honorary membership. But Addams’s antiwar stance during World […]
Unobliged
There’s a Spanish story of a father and son who had become estranged. The son ran away, and the father set off […]
Inadequate
It’s going to be 90 here today. The humidity factors in and some wind, to make it nearly impossible to feel cool. […]
Unstuck
Fun fact: The actor, Marlon Brando, wandered so much on his way to kindergarten, that his sister Jocelyn eventually had to take […]
Valor
The history of war has always interested me. As a child I liked the pictures of the ships, planes, and tanks. It’s […]
Tortured
Nearly every day I try to read a story from “Jesus Freaks” a book made by Voice Of The Martyrs and DC […]
Crucified
In Galatians 6.14 the Apostle Paul is concluding his letter to the loved churches of Galatia. He said— “But God forbid that […]