Posts tagged “Grace”
Free!
The Judiciary Act of 1789 was passed by Congress and signed by President Washington, establishing the Supreme Court of the United States as a…
Grace = “no way!” love
There are many helpful ways to define the word grace. I grew up reciting, “Grace is undeserved love.” Others have suggested that grace is…
He loves me!
“He loves me; he loves me not. He loves me; he loves me not.” This is a common phrase spoken by adolescents as they…
Jesus is the middleman
Being caught in the middle isn’t the most enjoyable position to be in. A traffic cop directing cars at a busy intersection where an…
Bringing light to the world
Last year at a Little League championship game, 12-year-old Kaiden Shelton threw a pitch that hit Isaiah Jarvis in the head. Isaiah fell to…
The archeological gospel
In the spring of 2020, in a quiet museum in Jerusalem, I saw the price Jesus paid for our peace. Back in 1968, some…
Tucked away safely
The rain poured down in buckets with no sign of letting up. The boy and his father waited in the store entrance. Through the…
Invisible poison—you need the cure
I had one of the worst days of my life recently when I took my baby in for his one-year-old checkup and found out…
The grumble/gratitude zone
I have a theory about why we sometimes grumble and why we’re sometimes grateful. My theory is that our attitudes are based almost entirely…
Love that follows
Sheep are helpless creatures. They have no defense mechanism against predators. Their only defense is to watch that no animal is stalking them, following…
Jerry and Jesus
One of the most content men I’ve ever met lived in one of the smallest apartments I’ve ever seen. His name was Jerry, a…
Where does your trust reside?
“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains…