“If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?” (Luke 11:13) When I last read this, I was struck at the punchline… If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to […]
Abraham is the most honored religious figure of all time. Abraham is looked to by the Jews as their father, by the Muslims as their great prophet, and by Christians as the father of all who believe. So when you put together 17 million Jews, about 1.8 billion Muslims, about 2.4 billion Christians, basically half […]
Recently I rolled over in bed in the morning and something in my knee twinged before my feet even hit the floor. Good gravy, I thought, I can’t even get out of bed and trust that my knee will work. Then I walked down the stairs and almost slipped on a step. Hmm, I thought, […]
I like the Rocky movies featuring Sylvester Stallone as an underprivileged boxer named Rocky who grew up on the wrong side of the tracks in Philadelphia, only to come out of nowhere in the original movie to fight the reigning world champion boxer. The world then watched his career in seven more movies, arguably one […]
For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and did not turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. (1 Kings 15: 5) Wait. Did I read that correctly? But the Bible says David “did not […]
Why did God give us spiritual gifts? A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other (1 Corinthians 12:7) What is a spiritual gift? It is not a natural talent. The Holy Spirit gives each of us a gift when we became followers of Christ, and the gift is […]
If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. Luke 6:32 Do you know what this verse means? It means that if all we have in our lives are people that are easy to love, the world will NEVER see God’s love through […]
I wish I had the luxury of slipping quietly downstairs in the morning to get a cup of coffee and take it back upstairs to enjoy while I read my Bible and pray for a while. This is my favorite way to start the day before things get going full force. Everyone else in the […]
I recently had a day that was filled with Christians describing themselves as “broken.” By that night I was both tired of hearing that word and wondering if it’s even true. I know what Christ followers mean when they say they are broken. They mean they needed Jesus in the first place as much as […]
This summer my son and I are teaching a class of first graders on Sunday mornings. One recent week, I kept hearing adults telling children to love God and obey Him. Why did that bother me? Our love for God can only come from an understanding of His love for us. There are a plethora […]
