Luke 12:1 “…Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.” [NIV] Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? How about you? How is your garden growing? Maybe it’s time to look at what kinds of seeds we’re sowing in our hearts. The funny Continue Reading…
Isaiah 7:9 “…if you are not firm in faith, you will not be firm at all.” I imagine you’re familiar with the acronym, RINO—Republicans In Name Only. It’s used as a derisive term to describe people affiliated with the Republican Party perceived not to adhere to conservative principles. The Democratic Continue Reading…
Mark 11:20-21 In the morning, as they went along, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots. Peter remembered and said to Jesus, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered!” My first response after reading the eleventh chapter of Mark was Lord don’t let us become withered fig trees! Continue Reading…
Mark 11:17 “…but you have made it ‘a den of robbers’” When Jesus entered the Temple area and drove out the moneychangers he wasn’t playing around. Their offense outraged him. The religious leaders of the day had allowed the Temple to become a “den of robbers.” But the theft stretched Continue Reading…
Ephesians 5:1 “Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children” Fair or not fair, the most common excuse given for not becoming a Christian involves hypocrisy in the church. I was in Barnes & Noble the other day and struck up a conversation with a retired black man. He Continue Reading…