Impenetrable We’ve all seen sci-fi movies where the bad guy has an impenetrable shield around him, and no amount of laser beams impact it. We run. Psalm 5 has great encouragement for the child of God, including “favor like a shield” surrounding the righteous man (v12). We don’t have to run because vicariously we’ve already won the war against evil […]
Awed Or Odd? It’s Christmas morning, O dark thirty. Not a creature is stirring…but me. I woke thinking about the original Christmas, which had little to no fanfare. The only display of lights and decorations was “the star in the East” that guided the wisemen to the manger where the King of Kings lay as a newborn. I’m saddened by […]
Can The Bible Be An Idol? An idol doesn’t have to be something on a pedestal that we worship. It doesn’t have to be made out of gold or silver. It could be anything that impinges on or replaces our devotion, commitment, and worship to the one true God, creator of the universe, Who has “granted to us everything pertaining […]
Winning Arguments or Winning People The competitive society we live in has penetrated most aspects of our lives, especially for those of us who are type A personalities. When my wife told me that was my personality type, I said, “You say that like it’s a bad thing.” It’s true, this type can be aggressive, even combative at times. But […]
Fill and Spill You can’t pour anything out of an empty pitcher. An empty pitcher doesn’t fulfill its mission to slake thirst. Likewise, if we’re to accomplish our mission to win souls (Prov. 11:30), our personal pitcher, otherwise known as our heart, must be filled with the good news of the gospel of Jesus. We’re reminded in Matt. 12:34, “…the […]
No Condemnation The world judges us for all kinds of real or perceived flaws, failures, and fall-shorts. But God says NOT GUILTY. Who ya gonna believe? Romans 8:1 says as plain as can be, “Therefore there is NOW NO condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” One side piles guilt, tension, self-loathing. The other gives peace that surpasses all […]