Be Strong
Be Strong
Choosing the Good Part
“Now as they were traveling along, Jesus entered a village; and a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home. She had a sister called Mary, who was seated at the Lord’s feet, listening to His word. But Martha was distracted with all her preparations; and she came...
A Repentant Remnant Response
A Repentant Remnant Response
He Restores My Soul
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul” (Psalm 23:1-3). This past week, Sandy and I got out of the snow for a few days and traveled to Tomales Bay for some much-needed...
Priorities
Priorities
Haggai Introduction. What are your Investments?
Haggai Introduction. What are your Investments?
Tempus Fugit
On the face of the grandfather clock that stands in my living room are the Latin words, Tempus Fugit, which translated into English means Time Flies. Someone has added to that, “Time flies when you’re having fun.” The fact is time flies whether you are having fun or...
Communion
Communion
The Anchor of Faith
“And this is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another” (I John 3:23). I’m a country boy, for the most part, I process the world around me on a very basic level, according to the commonsense values that I was taught as a...
Marks of the Disciple
Marks of the Disciple
The Temple of God
King David’s son, Solomon was given the wonderful privilege of building a temple for God in Jerusalem. II Chronicles 5 records that on the day of the temple’s dedication, “…the house of the Lord, filled with a cloud, so that the priests could not stand to minister...
Reasons We Follow Jesus and Make Disciples
Reasons We Follow Jesus and Make Disciples
Members of One Another
“For just as we have many members in one body and all the members do not have the same function, so we (Christians), who are many are one body in Christ and individually members one of another” (Romans 12:4-5). In his letters to the churches in Rome and Corinth, the...
Friendship
Friendship
Forgiveness is Freedom
Time and time again, we are exhorted by the scriptures to forgive one another. Scripture sets out a very clear standard of the kind of forgiveness that Christians are to offer, “Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also...
Disciple Part 2
Disciple Part 2
Delilah’s Lap
I begin many of my days by reading from The Valley of Vision: Puritan Prayers and Devotions. The last two days I have been pondering the following words of introspection. “Have you sought joys in some creature comforts? Look not below God for happiness; do not fall...
Leaving a Legacy
Leaving a Legacy