Psalm 82:3-4 Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked. I initially didn’t want to see it, but it was one of those movies where I felt Continue Reading…
Romans 8:5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. Ever experience an “Eeyore” day? Sometimes I feel like I could give Winnie the Pooh’s lovable friend Continue Reading…
Psalm 78:4 We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and wonders that he has done. Every summer our two grandsons come for a week-long visit. They live over 300 miles away, so we take these yearly trips seriously. Continue Reading…
Genesis 3:7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. [NIV] I got a speeding ticket the other day. I knew the minute the police car pulled up behind me and those blue Continue Reading…
John 13:34 “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. “ Quinn, my ten-month old grandson, and I recently had a delightful conversation. Of course, it was in blowing-raspberries-ish so you might not have understood it. He Continue Reading…
Ephesians 6:12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. “Fourscore and seven years ago…” The source of human conflict began much earlier than Continue Reading…
Luke 5:18 And behold, some men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they were seeking to bring him in and lay him before Jesus. The movie, Hacksaw Ridge chronicles the Battle of Okinawa in World War II. It tells the story of Desmond Doss, a combat Continue Reading…
Psalm 121:8 The Lord will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore. (NIV) Have you seen the Duck Duck Go commercials? A man sings, “I’ll be watching you” as he peers over someone engaged on the internet with a different search engine. The implication, of course, is that Duck Duck Continue Reading…
Habakkuk 3:2 “…If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay. Most of us hate to wait. But there’s always a purpose in the waiting. I recently met with a woman who was struggling over advice someone had given her. When she placed it before the Continue Reading…
Luke 17:6 And the Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.” When the friends of Jesus asked him for more faith, he told them they didn’t Continue Reading…