(Waxing a bit poetic this month… Think of the Psalms.) In the quiet of dawn, dew-kissed petals begin to stir under advancing sunlight as April enters silently. Weeping gentle silver tears, heaven entwines a veil of loving rain, a celestial embrace—God’s blessing descends enthusiastically to earth. Genesis 9:13 whispers to us: “I have set my rainbow in the […]
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A common practice of the world is to make New Year’s resolutions that nearly always falter by the time candy hearts and flowers are heaped upon loved ones. But Christians do things differently. Rather than resolutions, we commit to scriptural principles that change our lives and spirits. Let’s consider a few: Forgive those who have
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Beloved, we know much better than the world. We know enough to use our God-given intellect filtered by the Holy Scriptures and led by the Holy Spirit to question the words of the world to see whether they are in line with God’s perfect will for us and for the unfolding of history. We must
It seems sometimes my mind has a mind of its own. I try to pray, mind will stray. Try to study, brain goes muddy. Start to ponder, mind will wander. Begin to think, thoughts really stink. Sound familiar? But it doesn’t have to be like that, and we cannot allow it. Thoughts shape our life
Ecclesiastes 3:1 instructs us that For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: In addition to Acts 1:7, Jesus also told us in Mark 13:28 From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts out it leaves, you know that summer is
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We should petition daily three things in prayer: Wisdom, Understanding, and Knowledge. God bestowed these gifts uniquely upon human creation to govern and bless our lives. Animals are not endowed with these gracious favors, but we are created in His divine image, created to be creators, shaping raw materials of the world into things useful
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Pandemics are as old as civilization itself after The Fall. People in groups naturally spread sickness, and influenza pandemics have occurred regularly in 30-40 year cycles since the 16th century. If you think we are experiencing something unique today, I urge you to become a more serious student of history. What has been is what
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Arguably nothing in life is more challenging than being a Christian. Jesus turned the world system upside down and dared us to think and behave far differently than lessons taught by society. We are to love our enemy. We are blessed when reviled and persecuted. When forced to go a mile, we are to willingly
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Pestilence is an epidemic of a serious disease, exactly what is happening across the world. The future, while always thus, is “slap-us-in-the-face” unknown. When will it end? How many will become sick? How many—and who—will perish? No one but God knows the answers to these questions yet. Experts are finding their knowledge lacking. Scripture teaches,
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Do you find it sad that 2000 years ago people in Nazareth missed out on the most wonderful event to ever take place on the planet? Jesus healed the sick, restored sight to the blind, calmed the raging seas, and revived the dead. But in Nazareth not much of this took place. Why? The people
