Numbers 14:3 “Why is the Lord bringing us to this land only to let us fall by the sword? Our wives and children will be taken as plunder. Wouldn’t it be better for us to go back to Egypt?” Oh my, I’m 30 years-old and not married. God must want me to be a Continue Reading…
Romans 11:36 “For from him and through him and for him are all things.” When my cousin Katy gave birth to her first child her photography bent kicked in. Throughout her pregnancy and the birth, she compiled her many-many-photos into an album entitled “Everything Baby.” All who have expected and Continue Reading…
James 3:9-12 “With our tongues we bless God our Father; with the same tongues we curse the very men and women he made in his image. Curses and blessings out of the same mouth! My friends, this can’t go on. A spring doesn’t gush fresh water one day and brackish Continue Reading…
1 Thessalonians 4:1 “Finally, brothers, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more.” What was up? The Thessalonians were already living in a way Continue Reading…
Matthew 7:14 “But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.” Have you caught the Sprint iPhone ad? The tagline proudly declares what is becoming a predominant cry in our culture: I have a right to be unlimited….Wow! Stop a moment Continue Reading…
Luke 6:26 “Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you, for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.” Everyone wants to be liked. My goodness, Mark Zuckerberg has built a billion dollar business on “likes.” We feel wonderful when we’re liked, somewhat devastated when we’re not. There’s nothing Continue Reading…
Isaiah 55:8 “‘For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,’ declares the Lord. There are times when I just don’t get what God is doing. To paraphrase Shakespeare, my prayers seem to be “filled with sound and fury, signifying nothing.” I feel helpless in the face of injustices, Continue Reading…
Psalm 8:4 “what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?” Mind the gap, please! We heard that warning every time we prepared to disembark the London Underground on our recent trip to England. The words echoing from the public Continue Reading…
Exodus 2:2 “…When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months.” Romans 8:23 “…we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies.” Maybe you’ve heard of it. The day when adoptive parents finally get to receive the child they’ve Continue Reading…
Hebrews 5:7 “During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission.” Jesus was perfect in every way. But his prayers weren’t Continue Reading…