"Your words have supported those who stumbled; you have strengthened faltering knees." (Job 4: 4) I can remember visiting a young woman in hospital many years ago, who had a foot blown off by a terrorist bomb. She had been holidaying in Tunisia, North Africa and,...
"The LORD had said to Abram, 'Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you.'" (Genesis 12:1) I love the old Western movies, especially the ones that have wagons heading over the Oregon Trail. Those early pioneers of...
"For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe." (1 Corinthians 1:21) It never ceases to amaze me how preaching affects different folk. There are...
"And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground." (Luke 22:44) I can remember taking an anxiety attack about 4-5 years ago. I woke up one night with shortness of breath and my heart was racing. I didn’t know...
"Run, tell that young man, 'Jerusalem will be a city without walls..." (Zecharia 2:4a) Years ago, Evelyn and I visited the city of York, in England. It's a beautiful place and has a rich historical past. Yorkminster Cathedral is an amazing mediaeval building and as...
Psalm 73:2,3 "But as for me, my feet had almost slipped; I had nearly lost my foothold. For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked." I don't like Hummers. I think they look aggressive and ugly. They use up too much gasoline and seem to display...
"The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace" (Romans 8:6) The Greek word for mind is "phronema", from which we get our word "prone." If we are prone to something, it means we are inclined towards it and can be heavily...
"But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God." (1 Peter 2:20) I frequently marvel at the faith which the first Christians displayed. They were...
"May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." (1 Thessalonians 5:23) Sanctify is a beautiful word. It means to make holy that which was unholy. It’s...
"For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are-yet was without sin." (Hebrews 4:15) Do you remember the old Frank Sinatra song called "My Way"? I can recall some of...