In a fictional conversation between God and Jesus, God decides to send someone to investigate the rowdiness taking place on the earth. In this fictional conversation, God suggests that Jesus take ...
When Jesus took our place on the cross, all future history was changed. Instead of humanity having to suffer under the burden of its sin, we instead got to revel in God’s unbroken love poured out ...
Let's look at our verse in Malachi 3:6:
"I the Lord do not change. So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed."
The nature of the world around us is rooted in change. An ...
Working nine to five.
Many of us do that just to pay the bills.
The idea is that we give up part of our day, and someone gives us money in return. We may not begin at nine and end at five, but the ...
Isaiah, prophet of old, is a stalwart rock of faith in the Old Testament. His nuggets of wisdom still ring true in our modern world. Let’s look at Isaiah 58:11 for 6 exciting truths to build up our ...
Yet he has not left himself ...
Without testimony:
Our God resounds in the Heavens. We cannot step into His creation without an awareness of His awesome presence.
He has shown kindness ...
By ...
First, let’s define what it means to turn someone on their ear.
Initially, this implies a sense of shock or confusion. We take what the devil throws at us, and we sling it right back at him. ...
Hike a mountain trail. Rocky road ice cream will develop a new meaning for you. A stone beneath every step. More obstructions than you can shake a stick at.
You will stumble, and there’s a good ...
What do you picture when I say outlaw?
Maybe it’s an Old West character, someone Sherrif Matt Dillon would pursue.
Or you see Jesse James, gun in hand, taking from anyone with money to their ...
The Oldsters of us grew up learning from chalkboards. Write on them and wipe the words away … and scatter the remains of our thoughts on our hands and clothes.
Just erasing the board didn’t ...
Celebrating Independence with God’s Perspective
Fireworks. Cookouts. Flags waving in the summer breeze. The 4th of July is a time we celebrate the freedom we have as a nation. It’s a day to be ...
Impressions count, especially first impressions.
Meeting someone new? Clean clothes and freshly combed hair go a long way.
Strangers form an opinion of us with a glance, and while most of those ...
Some days we just need to feel loved.
Let’s leap fully in with Psalm 1:1-3 in the ESV:
“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor ...
