This week at the Bible study I’m teaching, one of the men asked about Matthew 6:13, “Lead me not into temptation, but deliver me from evil.” I’ve heard this
The word Christian literally means “Christ-like.” By that definition there aren’t any. 🙂 Jesus the Christ is wholly unique. There is no one like Him in all of history.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. God said let there be light and there was light. God separated the light from the darkness. The light He
Today I was reflecting on the imagery of gardens in the Bible. God began His conversation with us in a garden. A quiet, beautiful place where we could walk
“Do not be deceived, God is not mocked. You will reap what you sow.” I think sometimes we get confused though. I think the devil convinces us that we
This is a four part series in which I wish to address and open a line of reasoning around some things that I think are very misunderstood in our culture and in the church today. In this part I will address the idea of maleness/femaleness
It has been a long standing mantra of mine that for every sound principle in scripture there is a counter-weight. Proverbs says, “Do not stray to the left or to the right.” The path of Truth is very narrow and precise and leaning too strongly
If you can say it, you can pray it. 🙂 In John 11:41-42, at the tomb of Lazarus, Jesus begins to pray. He thanks God for hearing Him, and then says, “I know you always hear me, but for the sake of those standing here, that
Cease striving and know that I AM God. This verse has been spoken over me for most of my life. At one point it became my mission to help others hear these words. I laugh at myself when I think back, because I was striving to
A paraplegic can have a rich full life. There may be some things that are always out of reach, and often their lifespans are shorter than other peoples, but a triumphant spirit can learn to work around many things. And the number of days often
In my prior post about Proverbs, I said that it was a frame narrative of God’s interaction with humanity, and that the middle chapters 10-29 were like gleanings, little seeds of wisdom, that the Holy Spirit drops in our path for us to find. In this
I’ve always loved gardens and green spaces. When I was in college, I would periodically take a day and drive up into the mountains, and sit in the woods, preferably by a stream and listen to the sounds of nature and let the green, and
Proverbs 30:5 says, “Every word of God is pure. Deuteronomy 8:3 and Matthew 4:4 state that “humanity cannot live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.” If we are image bearers, then what do our words say about us?
I went to Proverbs when I was a young believer, because it is the book about wisdom, and my life was riddled with failures. I wanted all the wisdom God could give me. I meditated on the book for many years, and eventually one thought became
In Luke 17 Jesus tells an interesting little story. He asks those present if they can imagine a master when his servant comes in from working in the field to sit down and be fed and have a drink. The implied answer is, “No. We
