Luke 18:8 “…Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?” I heard a radio host ask a question the other day. “What is one thing you believe with all your heart?” He wanted to know what principles remain nonnegotiable, no matter what others say. Many thoughts Continue Reading…
James 1:22 “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” Does your thinking ever trick you into believing you possess a certain quality simply because you’ve heard about it? In 1974, Chip and I transformed our Chevy van into something that resembled an RV. With a makeshift Continue Reading…
Psalm 71:14 “As for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more.” The culture tries to paint a picture of hope. But I’m afraid it often seems more like hype. How many times we’ve been at a Penn State football game, we’re behind, and the Continue Reading…
I Peter 1:23 “ For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.” I can never change. It’s just who I am. I’m stuck. Have you ever heard people say those words? Maybe even thought them about yourself? Traps of inevitability Continue Reading…
James 1:6 “But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. My mother suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The airways traveling to her lungs had been damaged, making it Continue Reading…
Acts 12:14-15 “When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed she ran back without opening it and exclaimed, ‘Peter is at the door!’ ‘You’re out of your mind,’ they told her.” Whether praising, repenting or petitioning, I love communing with God. But a recent study of Acts 12 prompted me Continue Reading…
Mark 10:49 “…Cheer up! On your feet! He’s calling you.” Bartimaeus—a blind beggar on the side of the road. His affliction had stripped him of all dignity, leaving him, according to Jewish society, only a few steps above a leper. His self-sufficiency had been replaced with total dependency on human Continue Reading…
John 4:10 “Jesus answered her, ‘If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.’” Jesus told the Samaritan woman that he would have given her even more than she Continue Reading…