For the next six months, I’m reading straight through the Old Testament. Since it’s a bit longer than the New Testament, it requires reading bigger chunks of scripture each day. We will move through it pretty quickly, reading anywhere from 6-8 chapters a day. I’m not attempting an overview but just letting God’s Word speak. …
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Can A Christian Hate?
God is love. God is light. As I read through 1 John, these are the two statements that keep coming back to me. They’re such simple concepts: love and light. John is defining what it means to be a child. If a proper understanding of God is to see Him through the lens of love …
How To Stop School Shootings
This morning I read some of the news updates on yesterday’s school shooting in Uvalde. Our hearts are grieved for all the families. It is a horrible tragedy. Rightfully so, every public figure (politicians, actors, and actresses, etc.) is outraged and as usual, blames the lack of gun control. I have to agree that no …
Five Little Phrases To Get You Through Today
1 Corinthians 16:13-14 – Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love. These two little verses were written almost two thousand years ago, but as I read today’s headlines and see the conflict between good and evil that is raging …
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The Upside-Down World of Jesus
Scripture never fails to speak to present-day realities. We’re living in a time when Bible knowledge among the general public is diminishing. More and more, those who put faith and try to live by its treasured words are seen as ignorant. We’re told we’re not “woke,” that we’re living in the past and believing in …
The Way Of The Word 