Posts tagged “Bible”
We did start the fire!
I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that anyone reading this has heard the famous Billy Joel song “We Didn’t Start…
G stands for Growth
Plants don’t just live because of light; light also makes them grow. Soaking in the rays of the sun causes cells to swell and…
Jesus is the LIGHT of the world
You can learn a lot about Jesus from thinking about what light is like. In one of his most famous self-defining statements, Jesus declared,…
Punctuation matters
We’re not going to get into an argument about grammar, OK? But please understand that one person’s heart may swell at a well-placed whom…
Exclusivity
Jesus once said, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6)….
God can use YOU
“Have Aaron your brother brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, so they may…
Ignorant Christians
About every four weeks, I feel fairly ignorant. That’s because the barbershop where I, an ethnically white man, get my hair cut is not…
It’s all about love
For much of my life, delight was not the word that came to mind when I thought about God’s commands. Even though I may…
No bones means … he lives!
Neil Armstrong was the first to ever walk on the moon. Shortly after, he went on a tour of the Holy Land. When Armstrong…
My best friend in the morning
I saw a commercial for a coffee creamer recently. The actor in the ad said, “This is my best friend in the morning!” As…
4 steps to more church joy
Spiritual growth happens in a fairly predictable way: read, teach, ask, explain. First, someone reads the Bible. Second, someone does their best to teach…
On-again, off-again
“So [God] saved them from the hand of the foe and redeemed them from the power of the enemy. And the waters covered their…