1 Samuel 14:6 Jonathan said to the young man who carried his armor, “Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised. It may be that the Lord will work for us, for nothing can hinder the Lord from saving by many or by few.” Great victories can be won by only a few Continue Reading…
2 Timothy 2:24 “And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful.” It masquerades as communication but leads us to polarization. It elevates our need to convince others above our need for truth. We are warned it “ruins” all who Continue Reading…
Psalm 78: 42 “They did not remember his power or the day when he redeemed them from the foe.” The miraculous signs making possible their exodus from Egypt. The parting of the Red Sea. Water gushing from rocks and manna falling from the sky. The defeat of enemy after enemy. Continue Reading…
Deuteronomy 7:20 “Moreover, the Lord your God will send the hornet among them until even the survivors who hide from you have perished.” Hornets. They sting. No one likes them. Most people try to avoid them. Hornet hunting…not a favorite pastime of anyone. Yet, here we find these wicked wasps in the book 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…
Mark 1:45 “…As a result, Jesus could no longer enter a town openly but stayed outside in lonely places. Yet the people still came to him from everywhere.” Satan is the master messer-upper. He fans the flames of separation and hatred, incites violence, and does anything within the power he’s been granted to Continue Reading…
Psalm 110:3 “Your troops will be willing on your day of battle….” Do you ever feel you have more checks in the lose column than the winning one? Although we face defeat for a number of reasons one of the less appreciated causes lies in a lack of discernment-we don’t Continue Reading…
Romans 5:6 “For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.” C.S. Lewis writes that “security is mortals’ greatest enemy.” I hate to admit it, but I think he’s right. Nothing keeps me on the edge more than a sense of desperation. If my Continue Reading…
Philippians 2:12-13 “continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.” I recently watched the movie, Prince Caspian, second in the Chronicles of Narnia series. Aside from the overall quality Continue Reading…