Isaiah 59:14 “So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance; truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter.” GK Chesterton writes, “The heavenly chariot flies thundering through the ages, the dull heresies sprawling and prostrate, the wild truth reeling, but erect.” Oh how we underestimate Continue Reading…
Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Do you know the most popular Old Testament scripture? According to Biblegateway, Jeremiah 29:11 reigns as the most frequently requested Continue Reading…
Ezekiel 12:7 “So I did as I was commanded.” “I am not called to be successful. I’m called to be faithful.” These well-known words of Mother Theresa pose a hard sell in our goal-driven society. It’s far too easy for us to jump on the cultural treadmill and conclude Continue Reading…
John 20:1 “Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.” “These acts shattered steel, but they can’t bend the steel of American resolve.” Those words of President Continue Reading…
Matthew 26:46 “Here comes my betrayer!” How awful to be identified as a “betrayer.” This is how Jesus referred to Judas on the night of his arrest. On the other hand, Peter denied Jesus not once but three times, yet the next time Jesus encountered Peter, he didn’t refer Continue Reading…
Isaiah 60:1 “Arise, shine for your light has come.” Mark—Chapter 5. One chapter that describes three of the most hopeless situations recorded in the Gospels: a man whose sanity had been stripped away by not just one, but a legion of demons; a woman who, after twelve years, had Continue Reading…
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die….” I don’t always understand God’s timing, but sometimes I get a glimpse…. I received the call from my brother Marty that Dad had Continue Reading…
Numbers 14: “How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me….?” A great dialogue takes place in Numbers 13 and 14 between Joshua and Caleb and the other spies who are reporting to the people about the Promised Land they Continue Reading…
John 1:1 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Words. I live in a world of words. I suppose it’s an occupational hazard that comes with teaching composition. Equipped with my trusty red pen, I’m always on the lookout Continue Reading…
John 4:34 “’My food,’ said Jesus, ‘is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.’” Nothing matters more than being in God’s will. It sustains. It nourishes. It satisfies. I had spent the last few days writing at a cottage on Lake Erie, Continue Reading…