Matthew 19:14 “Jesus said, ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.’” Satan is stealing our children… He comes in the form of Islamic militants to a remote Nigerian secondary school comprised of young girls, Continue Reading…
2 Thessalonians 2:10 “They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.” “Having allowed oneself to drift, unresisting, unpraying, accepting every half-conscious solicitation from our desires, we reached a point where we no longer believed the Faith,” says one of C.S. Lewis’ characters in his book, Continue Reading…
Hebrews 10:24-25 “And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another-and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” Thoughts of “Let’s roll,” Todd Beamer’s Continue Reading…
John 8:44 “You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar Continue Reading…
Mark 11:17 “…but you have made it ‘a den of robbers’” When Jesus entered the Temple area and drove out the moneychangers he wasn’t playing around. Their offense outraged him. The religious leaders of the day had allowed the Temple to become a “den of robbers.” But the theft stretched Continue Reading…
Isaiah 59:14 “So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance; truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter.” GK Chesterton writes, “The heavenly chariot flies thundering through the ages, the dull heresies sprawling and prostrate, the wild truth reeling, but erect.” Oh how we underestimate Continue Reading…
Psalm 28:3 “…who speak cordially with their neighbors but harbor malice in their hearts.” The immortal words from Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address—with malice toward none, with charity for all—reminds me of the great civil war that rages within our souls in the aftermath of hurt and deception. The Continue Reading…