Ezekiel 7:27 “…According to their way I will do to them, and according to their judgments I will judge them, and they shall know that I am the Lord.” We live in confusing times, don’t we? Many are preaching a gospel of good vibes that replaces reality with a shifting-sand Continue Reading…
Proverbs 18:22 He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord. (In honor of our family’s anniversary week) “Roses are red, my love; wiolets are blue; sugar is sweet, my love, but not as sweet as you.” My father-in-law used to sing that to Continue Reading…
2 Peter 1:4 by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. Christians are a supernatural people. And by supernatural, Continue Reading…
Romans 13:8-10 Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. … Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law. It seems like we hear it all the time. Someone in authority on Continue Reading…
3 John 2 Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul. “Is it well with your soul?” A former acquaintance used to ask that probing question on occasion. There’s probably not a more Continue Reading…
1 Corinthians 14:1 Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts. Do you believe God wants to use us to impact the world? Doesn’t it make sense that God would give his people tools to accomplish that? Even supernatural tools. I imagine you’re like me. Concern about a situation drives your desire Continue Reading…
Romans 13:8 Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. I’m in debt! And it’s a debt that won’t go away no matter how many Dave Ramsey classes I take. If you follow Christ, you, too, have an enduring debt. Continue Reading…
1 John 4:7-8 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. One of the most popular catch phrases to ever come out of Hollywood hails from the Continue Reading…
Luke 19:8 And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold.” Imagine Zacchaeus. As a Jewish tax collector for the Romans, he lived on the lowest rung of Israel’s social Continue Reading…
John 13:34 “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. “ Quinn, my ten-month old grandson, and I recently had a delightful conversation. Of course, it was in blowing-raspberries-ish so you might not have understood it. He Continue Reading…