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 […]
Stand Guard
How did people get saved 50 years ago? How did they 150 years ago? We know this much; they were told the […]
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 […]
Deepening
In Psalm 106 David gives us a history lesson, with some prophecy at the end. In totality, it is a history of […]
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 […]
Vulnerable
The story is told of a monastery in Portugal, perched high on a 3,000 foot cliff and accessible only by a terrifying […]
Inadequate
It’s going to be 90 here today. The humidity factors in and some wind, to make it nearly impossible to feel cool. […]
Exposed
Recently I’ve been reading Nehemiah and how God orchestrated the rebuilding of Jerusalem. Last night in chapter 6, I reviewed a small […]
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 […]
An Encounter
Do you ever have a memory so specific that it draws all of your attention to it? When it happens it seems […]
Crucified
In Galatians 6.14 the Apostle Paul is concluding his letter to the loved churches of Galatia. He said— “But God forbid that […]
Enacted
We are living in a day of self. Self-help, self-aggrandizement, self-focus, self-everything. Self has always been our culprit. It’s the surest way […]
Rather
The words of Eleanor Roosevelt are just as poignant today as they were nearly 90 years ago. She said, “One’s philosophy is […]
Persecuted
Ford Lieghton once wrote of an archeological dig in the remains of a school for imperial pages in Rome. The Archeologists found […]