How do you respond to people who are hard to please? You know who they are. It doesn’t matter what you do or say, there is always something wrong. They are skeptical, critical, and judgmental about everyone and everything, and have a rather superior attitude about their own abilities and opinions. Jesus ran into a …
The Best Kind Of Valentine
Happy Valentine’s Day! I hope today is a day of joy for you, although I know several of my friends who will be feeling the ache of loss, as their “valentine” has gone on to be with Jesus in the recent past. That’s one of the things I don’t really like about my current age/stage …
Have You Offered Your Boat To Jesus?
I love it when God arranges for us to hear the same message more than once. Has it ever happened to you? You read a verse, then someone later quotes it, then it shows up randomly on a sign. Or the song on the radio refers to it. I think it was Albert Einstein who …
Do You Trust The Motives Of Jesus?
Have you ever met anyone whose motives were unclear? Maybe they said the right things, but you had a sense they weren’t being honest and open with you? I think that’s true of false teachers. They tell you that you’re basically a good person, that if you work hard enough at doing good things, you …
Influence
Is a long life synonymous with influence? Perhaps. I can think of a few politicians that have been in office way too long. The length of your life, however, isn’t necessarily relative to the effect you have on the world. It’s how you choose to use your life, not the length of it, that matters. …
The Way Of The Word 