Bible, God, love, Proverbs, Psalms, Uncategorized
Two of my favorite concepts in Scripture are the Lord’s unfailing love and His delighting in us. And I think they go hand in hand. The phrase “unfailing love” appears 39 times in the NIV, and it is only used to speak of God’s love, never...
Bible, Bible study, freedom, God, grace, Holy Spirit, quiet time, spiritual growth, Uncategorized, works
Last year I jumped on the band wagon and read through the entire Bible in a year. I’m glad I did it. It forced me to read parts of the Bible I rarely venture into, and it gave me a good overall view of all that Scripture contains. When I finished, I started...
anxiety, believe, Bible, faith, fear, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, John, peace
In order to cope with life, we all have to find a source of peace. The emotional turmoil that we call life has to be quelled by something, or we’ll all end up in a mental facility. Most Americans derive inner peace from outer sources. Exercise. Hobbies. Travel....
2 Corinthians, believe, Bible, faith, fear, God, growing, Holy Spirit, Jesus, John, pain, Psalms, sin, spiritual growth
In my last post I tossed out the idea that when we choose Jesus to be our Lord and our Savior, our “old things” pass away… but, like gangrenous tissue, they are still apart us, threatening our new lives in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17). Although the old things no longer...
2 Corinthians, Bible, God, grief, Jesus, pain, spiritual growth, suffering
I’ve always had a hard time wrapping my mind around the idea that when we become Christians, we become “new creations”. Actually, I don’t so much have a problem with the “new” part as I do with the the idea that the...
Bible, Ephesians, God, growing, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Jesus, love, Matthew, pain, Psalms, relationships, self worth, spiritual growth
It’s hard to be a good writer without also being honest. And being honest is tricky because sharing my life necessarily means sharing others’ lives, at least where their lives intersect with mine, and others don’t always want to be as open as I am...
