Matthew 28:6 “He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.” I was listening to a TED Talk one time and the presenter opened with, “The person on your left is a liar; the person on your right is a liar; Continue Reading…
Psalm 103:12 “as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.” What do J.K. Rowling, actress Gina Carano, Teen Vogue’s editor Alexi McCammond, and former Presidents Washington, Lincoln and Jefferson have in common? If you said they have all become victims Continue Reading…
Psalm 27:8 You have said, “Seek my face.” My heart says to you, “Your face, Lord, do I seek.” [ESV] “One of the reasons I’m a Christian is because of all the miracles I see God doing in my life,” explained one of my Public Speaking students. He described a series of situations, like Continue Reading…
Psalm 84:10 “Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.” I think one of the biggest blights the corona virus has spawned is the pandemic of fear. Continue Reading…
Micah 7:18 “Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy.” The Christmas season has come and gone, but the season for mercy never expires. Have you heard the story about the little boy who played the Continue Reading…
Psalm 16:11 “You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.” The first thing I learned when I went to graduate school at the University of Colorado could be summed up in four words: Learn. Continue Reading…
Psalm 74:16 “The day is yours, and yours also the night” Anyone experiencing some dark days? You know God is good and sovereign. He created all there is. He can do anything. The psalmist tells us he created the day, and also the night. Ah, yes. Therein lies the rub. Continue Reading…
Luke 4: 3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” If… If… If… I think Satan has a packet of doubt seeds beginning with the word—If. He tries to sow them in our hearts whenever he spots a vulnerable Continue Reading…
Acts 3:2 “Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts.” Something beautiful happened at the Gate Beautiful in Jerusalem. A crippled man—a man who had never walked in his Continue Reading…
Judges 21:25 “In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit.” I love the Bible and read it every day, but I have to admit, when my reading cycle lands on Judges, I become reluctant. The book records, arguably, the most sordid chapter in Israel’s history. Continue Reading…