…I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. 12I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. 13I can do all things through him who strengthens me. —Philippians 4:11-13 I remember...
. . . looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. — Hebrews 12:2 Disney’s Cool Runnings is a fictional story based on the 1988 Jamaican bobsled...
He who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck, will suddenly be broken beyond healing… 11A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back. —Proverbs 29:1, 11 There is a huge white birch on the back of my property that is the tallest tree in the entire yard. It...
And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. 2For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. —1 Corinthians 2:1-2 I long for the day when letters like 1 Corinthians will no longer need to be...
Children Desiring God ministries (which has recently renamed itself, but, I confess, I don't know their new name [Oh! Wait" I found it: TRUTH78]) maintains a Bible memory program worthy of your consideration! Titled, "Fighter Verses," the program realizes the words of the Psalmist who declared, "Thy word have I hid in my heart that...
This post originally appeared in the Cook County News-Herald "Spiritual Reflections" column on March 10, 2018. ********************************************* I am learning to make bread. By hand. From scratch. I don’t have a teacher, just Paul Hollywood’s recipe book, “101 Best Breads.” He writes in English, but sometimes I think it might as well be Greek. I wish it...
This post originally appeared in the Cook County News-Herald "Spiritual Reflections" column on March 3, 2018. ******************************************************** In the aftermath of police shootings and school shootings and killing sprees at home and abroad, it is intriguing to observe the responses and debates that arise. Questions and proposals for solutions abound. Policies are considered, accepted, rejected, reconsidered, revised....
The following is the text of a portion of the Christmas message shared with Cornerstone on 12-24-2017. Who Do You See Lying in a Manger? A quiet night, a silent night Black sky like velvet spread with dots of light The silence broken now and then by the bleating of a sheep; A lamb perhaps, among the flock, seeking out...
Every Monday night several folks gather around our dinner table for an hour or so of Bible study. We've been through the gospel of John, 1 John, and now we are working through 1 Peter. Tonight we focused on a passage in chapter two. It includes those verses where Peter describes the work of the...
Recent events, specifically the shooting at First Baptist Church, Sutherland Springs, TX, as well as other events where violence and death have been wrought by frustrated and hurting people against "innocents" (you do know no one in actually "innocent," right?; "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God . . .") raise...
