“You’re Hired!”
For many of us, it’s more a sigh of relief than a victory shout. We wanted him – largely, at least – because of who he wasn’t, voting him in like a kid settling for a prom date he wasn’t crazy about...
View ArticleGotta Serve Somebody
Nevertheless they will be his servants, that they may distinguish My service from the service of the kingdoms of the nations. –II Chronicles 12:8 The question is never “Will I serve?” It’s “Who will I...
View ArticleIn This Thy Might
And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee? – Judges 6:14 Passivity is an easy sin to overlook. It’s...
View ArticleThe Baby on Death Row
“Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.” –John 12:27 Separate Calvary from Bethlehem and you rob Nativity scenes of...
View ArticleWhen Your Name Comes Up, People Feel —
A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble. – Charles Spurgeon...
View ArticleZombied with Children
Our culture’s interest in all things zombie – The Walking Dead series on AMC, zombie movies, zombie apocalypse enthusiasts – is puzzling. The creatures are, after all, nothing new, having been...
View ArticleLord of the Interior
If we only give the hand unto the Lord and do not give our hearts to Him, whatever our pretensions, professions, and present feelings of devotion may be, we are but as a sounding brass and a tinkling...
View ArticleSurrendered Too Soon
Then the Lord closed the door. Genesis 7:16 The high price of love is yearning, and the stress which goes with it. Agape love means wanting what God wants for the person you love. You want him to be...
View ArticleStruggling Isn’t Always so Bad. Here’s 3 Reasons Why
I’m saved and I struggle. Once you read the first part of that statement (“I’m saved”) then you must presume the second part (“I struggle”) without my having to say it. After all, how can you be saved...
View ArticleHoarders
In our men’s Bible study a few weeks ago, our leader mentioned the number of believers who are sitting on the gifts God gave them. They have capacities, they see problems their capacities could help...
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