Revelation 2:17 “Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give that person a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to the one who receives it.” “Who Continue Reading…
Proverbs 127:1 “Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain.” There’s a lot of talk these days about “infrastructure” in our country. It refers basically to the physical systems needed for a government to run smoothly. Safe bridges and roads, adequate Continue Reading…
Romans 16:12-15 “Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, those women who work hard in the Lord. Greet my dear friend Persis, another woman who has worked very hard in the Lord. Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me, too. Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas and Continue Reading…
Psalm 71:18 “Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, my God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come.” I love the Pass It On billboards along the road. Like the picture of Jackie Robinson with the words “Here’s Continue Reading…
John 14:3 “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.” A little boy in our church recently asked his parents if there would be toys in heaven. His dad assured Continue Reading…
Psalm 8:4 “what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him?” [ESV] As I left the house for my daily two-mile walk, I knew it could start raining any minute. The forecast predicted a 60% chance and the looming clouds Continue Reading…
James 4:14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Two acquaintances of ours died unexpectedly this summer, leaving behind families totally unprepared for life without them. Although I didn’t know Continue Reading…
1 John 3:1 “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.” “I think; therefore I am.” These words captured 17th century Continue Reading…
John 2:24-25 “Jesus . . . knew all men. He did not need man’s testimony about man, for he knew what was in a man.” Cookie-cutter: marked by sameness and a lack of originality; mass-produced. We don’t like to think of ourselves as just a part of the crowd, do Continue Reading…
1 John 3:2 “Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.” [NIV] “Politics is what we do. It’s not who we are.” I Continue Reading…