No matter how many times I read through the stories in the Bible, I’m always amazed at the depths to which our human nature will take us. Why is it that we do things we know are wrong and foolish and are only going to cause ourselves and those we love great pain? How hard …
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Why Can’t You See It?
Does it frustrate you when you try to explain a spiritual truth to someone, but they just can’t “see” it? I think it’s so interesting we use the concept of “sight” when we’re discussing the process of understanding. I’ve been called “blind” a few times over the last year, and to be fully transparent, I’ve …
Open Your Eyes
John 8:12 says tells us Jesus is the Light of the world. Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.” I was thinking about light this morning when I got up in the dark. I turned …
Truth & Love – Two Sides Of The Same Agenda
In Luke 18:18-30, we learn the story of a rich young ruler who comes to Jesus and asks what he must do to inherit eternal life. Jesus first reminds him of the commandments (God’s prohibitions against adultery, stealing lying, murder, and dishonoring our parents). Apparently, this was an exceptionally fine, upstanding young man, for he …
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The Encroaching Darkness
Has God ever given you a visual while you were praying? Notice I said “visual,” not vision. I’m not a prophet and I cannot claim to have had any visions, although I believe without a doubt that God still speaks to His people through visions just as He did in the Bible. In fact, the …
The Way Of The Word 