1 John 3:1 “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.” “I think; therefore I am.” These words captured 17th century Continue Reading…
John 2:24-25 “Jesus . . . knew all men. He did not need man’s testimony about man, for he knew what was in a man.” Cookie-cutter: marked by sameness and a lack of originality; mass-produced. We don’t like to think of ourselves as just a part of the crowd, do Continue Reading…
1 John 3:2 “Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.” [NIV] “Politics is what we do. It’s not who we are.” I Continue Reading…
John 6:12 When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.” He had access to all the bread and fish in the world. He had just taken five loaves of bread and two small fish and Continue Reading…
Philippians 4:12-13 “I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through him who gives me strength.” [NIV] So what is this “secret of being content” Paul is referring to in Continue Reading…
2 Corinthians 5:20 “We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us.” How we see ourselves affects our influence in the world. Do we view ourselves as someone through whom God makes his appeal? As envoys sent by God to represent him? As those who Continue Reading…
Psalm 90: 14, 17 “Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love….establish the work of our hands for us—yes, establish the work of our hands.” My friend Frank liked to say everyone in the world is searching for two things: to know someone loves them and that their life has Continue Reading…
John 21:22 “Jesus answered, ‘If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me.’” I could hardly contain my excitement as we set out on the six-hour drive to Rhode Island. We hadn’t seen our 19-month old grandson for what seemed like years Continue Reading…
Luke 3:10 “What should we do then?” Never underestimate the significance of small acts of obedience. One response to God’s voice triggers a chain reaction that can change the world. In preparing the people for the coming Messiah, John the Baptist exhorted the crowd to repent and produce fruit in Continue Reading…
Luke 7:38 “As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them.” I wonder what was running through the mind of that “sinful woman” who crashed Simon the Continue Reading…