Something More Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of olive oil? Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy […]
Satan, the Crooked Mechanic You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of […]
What Lies Are You Believing? Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. “All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.” Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord […]
Roots Down, Fruit Up Once more a remnant of the kingdom of Judah will take root below and bear fruit above. ––2 Kings 19:30 It’s a reoccurring biblical motif: A seed is buried in the earth, breaks open in the darkness, fight its way upward through the soil into the light, receives nourishment, and then grows to […]
Can We Talk? . . . Sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, but with gentleness and respect. ––1 Peter 3:15, NASB If someone or something is important to us, we talk about it. […]
The Child Jesus When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.” So he got up, took the child […]
No Looking Back Then the Lord rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the Lord out of the heavens. Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, destroying all those living in the cities—and also the vegetation in the land. But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt. ––Genesis 19:24-26 When I was a kid I had a set […]
Usability But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. ––2 Corinthians 2:14 ESV Can you begin to imagine what it would be like to be the co-inventor of electricity? Or the person listed as the co-inventor of […]
It’s Not Easy To everything there is a season,A time for every purpose under heaven: A time to be born,And a time to die;A time to plant,And a time to pluck what is planted; A time to kill,And a time to heal;A time to break down,And a time to build up… ––Ecclesiastes 3:1-3 I met up with a couple of longtime […]
Happiness vs Joy Consider it all joy, my brothers and sisters, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. ––James 1:2-4, NASB The old chestnut tells us that life is hard, then we die. We begin in the mind of God, and […]
