Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person (Colossians 4:6, ESV). “Theology” is a term used to describe and define differing topics in the Bible. Jesus, Paul, John, or Peter (or any other author of the New Testament) didn’t systematically list important Biblical themes with […]
Developing A Personal Theology Read More »
Now may the Lord of peace Himself continually grant you peace in every circumstance. The Lord be with you all! (2 Thessalonians 3:16, NASB) In 2016, my anxiety hit critical mass. I was (and still am) intense, too often introspective, and worry too much. But the anxiety that started in 2016, which I now believe was an attack
Anxiety vs. the Presence of God Read More »
Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers (Ephesians 4:29, NKJV). Some talk too much and others too little. I fall into the “too much” category, and since I talk five times as much as other people, I have more opportunities for
Let me give you some further advice: Be careful, for writing books is endless, and much study wears you out (Ecclesiastes 12:12, NLT). Below are ten things that you know (or should know) and ten deeper facts (that you might not know) about the same topic. So, 20 facts. How many do you know? Bonus
Ten Things You Did and Didn’t Know About the Bible Read More »
The word “transformed” is found in the New Testament four times. “Transformed” comes from the Greek word “metamorpho,” and it doesn’t take a Greek scholar to realize, “Hey, this word ‘metamorpho’ must be the root word for our English word ‘metamorphosis.’” And if you said that, you would be correct. An image that quickly comes
Note: Two weeks ago, I completed writing an Interruption on each of the Psalms (Interruption #1787). It took over three years, and when the series was completed, I faced the dilemma of: “What do I write next on Saturdays?” How about the Book of Revelation? The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to
Saturday’s Revelations on Revelation #1 Read More »
For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another (1 John 3:11, ESV). The Apostle John was the only apostle who died a natural death at close to 1oo years old. Let’s consider his legacy: apostle, wrote five books of the New Testament (inspired by the Holy Spirit), pastor
The Aged Apostle John Read More »
As he [Jesus] passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him … Having said these things, he spit on the
The Pilgrim’s Tunnel Read More »
Though he slay me, I will hope in him (Job 13:15a, ESV). Job wakes up one morning and offers a sacrifice for his children in case they had previously sinned. Later, he learns his livestock had been stolen, bandits massacred his servants, and his children were all killed in a freakish windstorm. We know the true
Suffering in the Book of Job* Read More »
Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires (James 1:19-20, NLT). As a grandparent, I get a second chance, having totally enjoyed my children’s athletic events, to watch my grandchildren in soccer, basketball, and
Angry Parents at Youth Games Read More »