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…
Matthew 18:33 “And should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?” Our culture seethes with the push to make people pay for wrongs done in the past. I love justice as much as the next person, but I think sometimes we can Continue Reading…
John 8:10-11 Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.” I can’t imagine how this adulterous woman must have felt. Dragged from her literal bed Continue Reading…
Proverbs 14:9 “Fools mock at making amends for sin, but goodwill is found among the upright.” [NIV] Goodwill. Although expressions of “peace on earth” and “goodwill toward men” flourish in the Christmas season, peace remains elusive. And if goodwill describes willing good for others, I’m afraid we’re falling short. No Continue Reading…
2 Timothy 3:2 “For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,” An article in The New York Times written by a law professor at San Francisco University described divorce as an expression of “radical self-love.” Far from being the 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…
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…
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…
Psalm 103:12 “as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.” What do J.K. Rowling, actress Gina Carano, Teen Vogue’s editor Alexi McCammond, and former Presidents Washington, Lincoln and Jefferson have in common? If you said they have all become victims Continue Reading…
1 Peter 3:8-9 “Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.” One thing I think most Americans can agree upon: this Continue Reading…