How well do you get along with others? When you make a decision to do something, do you think about how it will just affect you, or consider its impact and influence on the people around you? I don’t know if they still do this, but when I was a kid, report cards had two …
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He Won’t Give Up On You
Are you a person who loves order and structure – a place for everything and everything in its place? Or can you tolerate a high level of disorganization and messiness without even noticing the chaos? I’m definitely in the first category, and my husband is somewhere in between. We recently moved. We packed up our …
First, The Bad News
Today I began reading Paul’s letter to the beloved saints, the believers in Rome. Romans is an amazing book. It’s mostly a book of doctrine; if you want to know what salvation is, study Romans. I’m not an academic scholar; I don’t have a degree in theology, but I don’t think you need one to …
What Does It Mean To Do What Is Right?
A devout man. A man who feared God. A man who gave generously to the poor. A man who prayed continuously to God. A righteous man (fair and just, law-abiding). A man who is well-spoken of by God’s people. That’s a great reputation to have, isn’t it? Those are character traits that all good people …
Are You Washed?
Today’s read of John 13 begins the final third of the book, which largely covers the three or four days surrounding the betrayal, death, and resurrection of Jesus. This chapter opens with Jesus celebrating that final Passover with His disciples – the last supper. Two people are featured in this chapter (aside from Jesus): Peter, …
The Way Of The Word 