You Are His Temple Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies. ––1 Corinthians 6:19-20 Where I live in Southern California real estate […]
The Fridge Monkey Martha was the jittery type and was worrying over the big dinner she was preparing. She came to Jesus and said, “Sir, doesn’t it seem unfair to you that my sister just sits here while I do all the work? Tell her to come and help me.” But the Lord said to […]
God Wants His Sons Back Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. ––Psalm 51:10-12 This is not the first generation […]
Double Jeopardy For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who […]
Xeno-what? When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God. ––Leviticus 19:33-34 xe·no·pho·bia ˌze-nə-ˈfō-bē-ə : fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign I […]
Keyser Soze Was Right Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. ––Ephesians 6:11 In the taut crime thriller The Usual Suspects the central character, Keyser Soze, drops an iconic film line: “The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did not […]
Retreat, Regroup, Recover Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. ––Mark 1:35 Jesus could no longer enter a town openly but stayed outside in lonely places. Yet the people still came to him from everywhere. ––Mark […]
The Narrow Gate Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. ––Matthew 7:13-14 When you take the narrow gate of obedience—even when […]
Brave Heart Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. ––Proverbs 4:23 I’m old enough to have seen the film Brave Heart when it released in theaters in 1995. At one point all the clans come together at a place called Stirling to confront the invading English army. The ragtag […]
Preparing for Storms Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. […]
