“For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others…
Debt is one of those things you get into that you can’t wait to get out of, like a bad job, unprofitable work. Oh, how happy Devon and I were…
An advocate to help us and to be with us forever. Help. Forever. You know this word advocate: someone who speaks up for you; someone who is on your side. …
In July of 2017, I was sitting beside my mother. She was lying in a hospital bed in the middle of the living room in the house I had grown…
Have you ever been at the grocery store and seen what you wanted there on the top shelf, and realized, after trying a few times, that you would need help…
In the eighty-first psalm, the voice of the people of God, in slavery in Egypt, says, “I hear a voice I had not known” (Ps 81:5). That unrecognized voice is…
Today is a day for wrapping up. Next Sunday, I’ll start telling the story from the top once again. What crowns the story, its conclusion and vision, is Christ…
Second Thessalonians is short. When I first read through the Bible, it was a real relief finally to get to books that were two pages long. Though brief, this letter…
His spirit fills us. Beloved, how beautiful, those words! We feel so full of so many things. Sometimes, it’s fear. Sometimes, it’s anger, resentment. Sometimes it’s love, yes, that’s true,…
Well, our translation says unless we love Jesus more (14:26). You may remember that Jesus says hate: unless you hate your parents, spouse, children, and life itself, you can’t be…