Bible 101
Want to learn more about the Bible? about God? about Jesus? Dig into these resources for the basics.
Light in dark places
Important words sometimes lose their freshness and impact when they become overly familiar. We stop paying attention to or taking joy in the thoughts…
God leaves room for faith
The Bible tells us that faith is being sure of what we cannot see. So do you know what God often does? He hides…
Jesus’ love is for anyone … that’s you!
The Bible says something touching just before Jesus feeds a crowd of five thousand people: “He had compassion on them, because they were like…
Short but sweet
Twenty-nine words; that’s the entirety of Psalm 117. Frankly, it’s so short and so like other psalms that we might brush past it without…
Inadequate coverage
I’m an average-sized person, but when I use a pool towel at one of those “budget friendly” hotels, I have to wonder if the…
What you really need
The paralyzed man probably thought, “If I could only walk, then I’d be happy.” Four friends carried him to the teacher. Jesus looked at…
No weight limit on forgiveness
While most everyone agrees that forgiveness (the opposite of vengeance) is the right thing to do, there are three aspects to biblical forgiveness that…
The penalty is paid
OK, so I admit that I watched the trial of Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard. This couple who was once in love slung mud…
The other Noah
Noah is described as a righteous man. God chose him to build an ark (Genesis 6). Noah and God wanted other people in it…
When you slip, Jesus saves
Everyone was feeling the tension during a crucial moment of filming the 2000 movie Reindeer Games. Light was fading fast, and the director was…
Saved
In late 2022, a sunken boat left three Louisiana boaters stranded 25 miles off the coast. By tying their ice chests together, they were…
He can do anything
As Christians raised in a culture where we tend to believe only what we see, the miracles of Scripture may run past us, like…