Matthew 28:12-13 “When the chief priests had met with the elders and devised a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money, telling them, ‘You are to say His disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep.’” Unbelievable! The chief priests bribed the soldiers Continue Reading…
Psalm 139:1 “O Lord, you have searched me and known me!” [ESV] Our daughter Bethany sought to learn Mandarin when she was dating her husband (who is of Asian descent). My friend Theresa wants to learn Spanish so she can better help Spanish-speaking people who apply for mortgage loans at her Continue Reading…
Jude 1:3 “… I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to God’s holy people.” Contend for the faith. I can’t get that phrase out of my mind. Jude urged the early church to fight against every smidgen of apostasy. Continue Reading…
Mark 10:9 “Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” Grandpa Creech was a great storyteller. The story he most often loved to tell revealed his deep affection for Grandma…. After Grandpa returned home from the army, he was nearing his old homeplace when he spotted a woman Continue Reading…
Philippians 1:21 “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.” “John showed me the right way to die.” That was the sentiment one of my friends expressed upon the death of a dear brother in our church…. John’s battle with cancer lasted only a few months, Continue Reading…
John 10:27 “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.” My voice….When I arrived at Lakeside this summer for my annual time-away-to-write venture, my voice turned out to be the one thing I was missing. All my futile attempts to speak resulted in no more than Continue Reading…
Psalm 82:6-7 “I said, “You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you; nevertheless, like men you shall die….” If I were to ask if you believed in God with a capital “G” or god with a small “g” you would no doubt say God with a big “G.” I Continue Reading…
Hebrews 4:12 “For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” The B-I-B-L-E, yes that’s the book for me. I stand alone on the Word Continue Reading…
Hebrews 12:27 “This expression, ‘Yet once more,’ denotes the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, so that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.” The thought of a frog invasion makes my skin crawl. Can you imagine? You turn on the sink, out Continue Reading…
Hebrews 11:9;11 “…he lived in tents…. For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.” Some of my sweetest memories surround camping vacations when our kids were young. I always felt a sense of freedom from perfection when we camped. So what if Continue Reading…