Jesus delivers us from our fear of death. I once visited with a lady in her home who had polio during the terrible Rockford Polio epidemic in 1945. It was an awful time for Rockford. There were over 380 cases…
Jonathan Edwards on the Access We Will Have to Our King
If nothing else, read what I put on bold . . . While most Americans think of Jonathan Edwards as the one who preached, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” Edwards was as high on Heaven as he…
It’s Not Enough to Stop Doing Something
Suppose that you want to get rid of some behavior in your life. It is never enough to stop doing the wrong thing. In order to defeat that behavior, you need to not only stop doing the wrong thing, but…
The American Paradox
The dictionary defines a “paradox” as a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true. Here is a paradox: our culture continues to get more and have less. Author David Myers call this…
What I Tell My Kids is a Relatively Small Thing in My World
Do you love your children enough to die for them? Most of us do. But, there is a better question than, “Do you love your children enough to die for them?” The better question is, “Do you love your children…
Would You Give 2 Minutes Today to Meditate on Romans 15:13?
Here’s all you have to remember: Romans 15:13. Meditate on it. You won’t be disappointed. Romans 15:13, “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit…
The Most Insidious Drug is One You Give to Someone Else For Your Own Benefit
A while back, we bought an additional television for our basement, so I have been thinking again about the whole television thing. I am reminding myself, in particular, about a warning given by Marie Winn. In her landmark book, The…
Gossip Affects Your Spiritual Waistline
Gossip affects us in deep ways of which we are not even aware. For more on gossip, I recommend Matt Mitchell’s, Resisting Gossip: Winning the War of the Wagging Tongue. There for a while I was on a kick lately…
How is Your Joy Index?
How would you rate your joy? Is your joy index high or low? Jesus is the foundation of all joy. But, the New Testament also teaches that joy is closely connected to church based relationships. Paul often related his joy…
Missions and the Book of Romans
I am preparing to begin this Fall a new series on the book of Romans. That means right now I am immersed in Romans. I am soaking in Romans and about Romans nearly every day. One of the things that…