Life ultimately depends upon trusting God. Not that everyone agrees or lives that way, as we know. God gave life; all life is subject to God’s purposes. God is able…
We don’t make much of Abraham. We might not even remember much about Abraham. Not many name their son Abraham, anymore. We may just recall that Abraham tried to kill…
He must increase, I must diminish. Fathers, I think you know what I’m saying, even if you have no son. We’re here for a season. We want to make it…
Some people are confident—we kind of admire them. Some are over-confident. Confidence isn’t a bad thing—quite good, actually. We need confidence daily, even when we don’t think about it, as…
I’ve got some work to do on myself, still have work to do. Life has worked me over, and still does. God is reworking me, praise be to His name!…
So Jesus was baptized. He wasn’t in need of it: John the Baptist was quite plain about that, confessing that, truly, John was the one in need of baptism at…
I have to think that Jesus was just a little different from the other children, even Mary and Joseph’s. I’m sure Jesus also liked to play games, run around, and…
It’s not really so easy to look at a baby and see the Word of God. Oh, we see a baby and think how precious and amazing—a baby most definitely…
The resurrection—one of the essentials of the Christian faith. I’m not really sure that a person can properly call him or herself a Christian without believing in Christ’s resurrection and…
Wasn’t it Kenny Rogers, bless his heart, who sang about someone believing in him? Then there’s that even older song about the paper moon: “It’s a Barnum and Bailey world…