God Revealed In Nature
Periodically, we all need a respite from everyday life. We can benefit from time spent in nature alone with the Lord. This is why so many great writers, poets, and songwriters have spent time in nature. Nature allows us to realign, readjust, and reacquaint ourselves...
The Invisible Fringes – Living On The Edge Of Society
While RV camping across the southwest US with my wife, I observed something in both the Arkansas Ozarks, and in Jerome, Arizona that caught my attention. In both places I noted the extreme poverty of partially falling down homes perched high on mountain cliffs with...
Exiles In A Foreign Land
When you visit a foreign country it’s helpful to have a guide. Without a guide, it is easy to get lost. As Christians, we are exiles in a foreign land. We too need a guide. Thankfully Jesus send us one. Please read more. We know all too well that we live in a world...
A Topsy-Turvy World
Our fallen human nature tempts us to believe that we will experience joy when we follow our whims, desires, passions, and will. This is a false narrative. It’s simply not true! Why? Because God created a topsy-turvy world. Find out what this means for you in today’s...
The Gift of Humiliation
Most every human being has likely been humiliated at some point in life. Humiliation comes in the form of exclusion, ostracism, ridicule, betrayal, abandonment, online shaming, and in endless other ways. Have you ever been humiliated? Have you ever thought of...
Fishing In A Stocked Pond
In Matthew 4:19 Jesus said, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” He was not only speaking to Simon and Andrew, He was speaking to all Christians. There has never been a better time to accept this calling because in our modern world we are fishing in a...
Following From A Distance
In Matthew 26:58 we find a poignant moment in the life of Peter, one of Jesus’ closest disciples. Peter was following Jesus from a distance. This verse provides a powerful reminder for how we, as Christians, often follow Jesus from a distance. Please read more. During...
Eclipsed By Darkness
With each eclipse there is a gradual obscuration of light, moments of total darkness, and the promise of light returned. This recurring pattern has been with us since the dawn of creation. No, I am not referring to a solar eclipse. The phenomenon I am referring to...
Insurmountable Opportunities
Life presents us with insurmountable opportunities. That seems like an oxymoronic statement, but it’s true. It seems contradictory, when in fact, it’s a paradoxical reality. Why? Because when God is with us, challenges and obstacles that would otherwise be...
Sight Created – Not Restored
The Bible gives us several stories about Jesus healing blind men. John’s Gospel account of one of those healings makes an important distinction. Jesus did not simply restore the sight of the blind man, but He created sight for a blind man who had never seen before....
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