Four summers ago, my family and I had the privilege of visiting Alaska. We had a lovely trip, only slightly "dampened" by the fact that it rained the entire time we were in this amazing state. While visiting Juneau, the capital of Alaska, we had the opportunity to...
We pick up the story with Jesus' troubles at their peak. His blood loss is incredible. He is weak with hunger, dehydrated, His bones are out of joint (see Ps. 22), and the pain is astronomical. He is slowly asphyxiating, and just when things didn't seem like they can...
Part 10: HEARTFELT What do we see in the world today? Disbelief, disregard for Christ, all the ‘isms’ of distrust and hatred, and we have terrible drought, flood, earthquake, fire and volcano disasters. Millions are in desperate need of simple basics; food, water,...
"It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud." (1 Cor. 13:4) We live in a “me first” society, and the world teaches that you have to “look out for number one” and make sure you get what you want, no matter whom you have to step on to get it. It is a day,...
Last Thursday, in LESSONS ON REBIRTH FROM THE CHRISTMAS STORY, Part 4, we are reminded by the Wise Men that the rebirthing process is all about being familiar enough with Scripture to recognize when God is calling us, to make Jesus our #1 priority, and to be prepared...
Though parts 1-3 of this series, we've look at the importance of protecting our spiritual gates - our eyes, our ears, our noses, our mouths, our feet, etc.-and we've examined practical ways of protecting them. But what happens when we do our best to protect ourselves...
In this series, REASONS TO GO ON, we have looked at a number of different examples of people who had no reason to go on, and what it was that motivated them. We have learned the following lessons: 1. Naomi taught us that without our hard times, God can't work the...
As I pointed out earlier in this series , both the Early Church clergy and laity together worked for building up the Kingdom. Now what were the reasons for effectiveness of the laity? In the concluding part of the series "Let's get our Act together" let's have a look...
"It does not dishonour others . . . " (1 Cor. 13:5) Dictionary.com defines dishonour as "to deprive of honor; disgrace; bring reproach or shame on" when used in the verb form. We will do a lot to protect our reputations, won’t we? But to what lengths will we honestly...
"It is not self-seeking . . ." (1 Cor. 13:5) Within this subject of love on which Paul is instructing us, we keep returning to the theme of esteeming others as higher and better than ourselves: "Now he [Jesus] told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed...