2 Timothy 4:10 “For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near.” Every January since the passage of Roe v. Wade in 1973, pro-lifers have traveled to Washington, DC to march against the legalization of abortion. They come from across the Continue Reading…
Psalm 22:5 “To you they cried out and were saved; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.” If you believe the Dunkin Donuts’ advertisement, you would think America runs on Dunkin. I’m not so sure I agree with their clever slogan, but just about everything runs on something. Even Christianity. Continue Reading…
2 Timothy 3:2 “People will be lovers of themselves….” I found myself irresistibly drawn to rereading The Lord of the Rings this past summer. As I did, references to JRR Tolkien’s trilogy started popping up everywhere. Quotes on social media, mentions in a book I was reading, in a magazine Continue Reading…
Ephesians 4:31 “Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.” Continue Reading…
2 Corinthians 1:9 “Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.” What does hopelessness feel like to you? I’m sure you’ve been there. Every source of security—gone. All the legs supporting Continue Reading…
Mathew 8:27 “The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!” Lake Erie would never be mistaken for the Atlantic Ocean, but I might have thought I was at Acadia in Maine rather than Marblehead, Ohio. The usually calm Continue Reading…
Matthew 19:27 “Peter answered him, ‘We have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?’” I sat in what I call my “little room” having my morning devotions. Surrounded by windows, I looked outside and there a few yards away, I spotted a deer. This was Continue Reading…
1 Peter 4:12 ” Do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.” Life is supposed to be easy. Times get tough, and we look for the proverbial easy button to push…at least that’s what the Continue Reading…
John 15:16 “You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.” Do you realize our dissatisfaction can be the first step away from Continue Reading…
Luke 2:15-16 “When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, ‘Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about. So they hurried off….’” Leave your sheep and leave your lambs. Leave your Continue Reading…