Posts tagged “Truth”
God works wonders
God waters our souls with nourishment, direction, and clarity in many unique ways. One evening, I sat with a group of believers, and we…
Renewing our minds
You can tell a lot about a society by what they read. The first issue of LIFE magazine was published in 1936. It was…
Your reality
It’s interesting how perspectives can be misunderstood. Take church during a February blizzard, for example. If services are held in the snowy conditions: “How…
Heirlooms
Last spring, an old neighbor of my grandmother’s passed away, and it turned out she had a bench that used to be on my…
You have to forgive
Are you familiar with the Lord’s Prayer, the prayer in which the Lord Jesus urged us to ask God for forgiveness as well as…
Yielding to authority
When I looked up every Bible passage that mentioned the word submit/submission, I found out that our Father has ordered his world in a…
Badwater Basin
The lowest, hottest place in the United States is Death Valley National Park in California. At the lowest place in the valley, there is…
Jesus is the way
Recently, I took my first-ever hike through the beautiful desert of southern Arizona. Think prickly pear and towering saguaro cacti, multicolored mountains, and a…
God’s system is best
Our gut reaction, especially if we are Americans, is to hate submission. When the Bible commands, “Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every…
The cautionary tale of Stan the stick
Once upon a time, Stan the branch was stuck on the trunk of a thick oak tree. Stan’s leaves were beautiful, but sometimes as…
How to start reading the Bible
Only 30 percent of Americans make New Year’s resolutions. Whoa! That surprised me. After all, at this time of year, the topic of changing…
Why so few Christians?
When I was kid, about nine in ten Americans claimed to be Christian. Now that I’m middle-aged, only six in ten Americans stand with…