Romans 16:12-15 “Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, those women who work hard in the Lord. Greet my dear friend Persis, another woman who has worked very hard in the Lord. Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me, too. Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas and Continue Reading…
Job 42:5 “My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you.” One of my friends works with teenage girls. She recently said she was trying to train them to recognize God in their circumstances. I couldn’t help but think what an apt word: train. Realizing God Continue Reading…
Psalm 71:18 “Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, my God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come.” I love the Pass It On billboards along the road. Like the picture of Jackie Robinson with the words “Here’s Continue Reading…
Proverbs 18:19 “A brother offended is more unyielding than a strong city, and quarreling is like the bars of a castle.” [ESV] We have become an offended people, haven’t we? Jesus warned it’s impossible to live in a fallen world without encountering offenses (Luke 17:1). We fail to meet others’ Continue Reading…
Galatians 3:5 “So again I ask, does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you by the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard?” We are saved because we believed what we heard. Continue Reading…
James 1:12 “Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.” This week marked our 48th wedding anniversary. Chip and I got married on top of a mountain outside of Continue Reading…
1 Corinthians 10:10 “And do not grumble, as some of them did—and were killed by the destroying angel.” What’s wrong with a little complaining? A little grumble here; a little grumble there; here a grumble, there a grumble, everywhere a grumble, grumble. That describes the problem with complaining. It rarely stops Continue Reading…
John 15:13 “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” At times it’s hard to wrap our minds around the kind of sacrifice Jesus made to save us. Some people spend their whole lives trying to figure it out, refusing to believe Continue Reading…
1 Samuel 11:2 But Nahash the Ammonite replied, “I will make a treaty with you only on the condition that I gouge out the right eye of every one of you and so bring disgrace on all Israel.” Are you a one-eyed Christian? The Ammonites were pressing hard against the little Israelite city Continue Reading…
Luke 12:7 Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows. “People are receiving their third stimulus checks and we haven’t even gotten our second one!” We wondered if the check was lost in the mail or stolen. Eventually, my Continue Reading…