The Speculation Trap Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. ––Proverbs 18:2 spec·u·late a : to review something idly or casually and often inconclusively b : to assume a business risk in hope of gain I grew up near Gold Country in northern California. You know, Sutter’s […]
A Tender Heart I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and […]
Grit Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. ––Galatians 6:9 I love both versions of the film True Grit. The 1969 original starred John Wayne as hard-driving, hard-living Reuben J. “Rooster” Cogburn, who helps 14-year-old, wise-beyond-her-years Mattie […]
Dusty Bulbs For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God […]
The Holy Who? 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 Here’s the good news: a 2020 survey by Ligonier Ministries […]
Graves And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away. ––1 Peter 5:4 NKJV When I was young I assumed the phrase, “He’s digging his own grave,” came from an old crime novel or gangster film. You know, like when a rival mobster is caught and […]
“Model” Examples Because of the extravagance of those revelations, and so I wouldn’t get a big head, I was given the gift of a handicap to keep me in constant touch with my limitations. Satan’s angel did his best to get me down; what he in fact did was push me to my knees. […]
Obedience Flows As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead. ––James 2:26 Using stone, mortar, gravity, and a lot of ingenuity, the Roman Empire built the greatest water delivery systems the world had ever seen. On Palatine Hill in Rome herself, the homes of the wealthy had […]
Arc of the Ark Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him. ––Hebrews 9:27-28 It’s an interesting pattern […]
Disciples As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” At once they left their nets and followed him. Going on from […]
