Posts tagged “God”
Good news for bad days
Every Christmas when I was a kid, my church made me memorize and recite the words of Luke 2:1-20: “In those days Caesar Augustus…
Something to give
I remember the exact date, time, and where I was when things started going downhill for our family this fall. We all experience it…
I think I can. . . . I know God can
“I think I can. . . . I think I can. . . . I think I can,” said the little engine that could….
Persistent love
Raise your hand if Hosea is your favorite book of the Bible! I have a feeling there aren’t many hands going up. I felt…
Parental torment
It always tore me up inside to see my children sick, especially when they were small. Feeling their little foreheads burning with fever, cheeks…
A-Z grace
“God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal…
The walking dead
For many of you, your neighborhoods have started to look a lot like mine does. With Halloween just around the corner, there are all…
Holy, holy, holy
I learned a new word the other day. I fancy myself to be a word nerd with a decently large vocabulary, so this doesn’t…
Chores for God’s children
Since my bride is a beautifully organized woman, she has created a color-coordinated chore chart for our children. Every morning our daughters see the…
You’ve got a different view (Part 2)
(A four-hour flight means I’ve had plenty of time to mull over just how different the view is from my window seat as opposed…
Everything we do teaches
The King of kings and Lord of lords, with every supernatural power at his disposal, said his disciples should go into the whole wide…
Why science might not be the best way to prove the Christian faith
I know quite a few parents whose adult children have renounced their faith recently. Their kids grew up in a Christian home, went to…