The Lord looks down from heaven and sees the whole human race (v. 13, NLT). I’ve noticed a trend, increasingly, where Christianity is presented as an evil demagogue that has swamped, shut down, and ruined the culture of many peoples and lands. From his throne he observes all who live on the earth. He made their hearts, […]
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I always pray for you, and I give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. For I have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all of God’s people (Colossians 1:3-4, OGV). Perhaps too frequently, I talk about myself in an Interruption. And this is one of those Interruptions.
When Noah was 600 years old, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the underground waters erupted from the earth, and the rain fell in mighty torrents from the sky (Genesis 7:11, NLT). The Bible describes seemingly unimaginable events that cause skepticism, and then, voila, researchers discover the truth of the Bible. In
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Jesus said to Peter, “Follow me!” (John 21:22, OGV) Would you like to be discipled by Jesus? There isn’t a better discipler than our Lord. A part of me would want to be one of the original Twelve, and another part has trepidation. There are thoughts and situations in my life that I want to
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The author of the book of Hebrews, who I believe was a pastor, wrote . . . Pray for us, for our conscience is clear and we want to live honorably in everything we do (Hebrews 13:18, NLT). During my tenure as a pastor, I was often asked what I did with my time. Some of
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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things, there is no law (Galatians 5:22-23, NASB1995). Back in my hippie days, we had a motto, “Peace, love, rock ‘n roll!” We even had the peace sign with our hands and a peace sticker on our VW Microbuses. Our philosophy didn’t
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I stand on solid ground, and I will publicly praise the Lord (Psalm 26:12, NLT). The first Psalm that I memorized was Psalm 25, and soon after, I memorized Psalm 27. Psalm 25 and Psalm 27 have been my “go-t0” chapters of the Bible as a follower of Jesus. I’ve received help from the following two
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Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days (Ephesians 5:16, NLT). Today, many lack peace. Anxiety and fear are symptoms of the last days. We should consider ourselves “prayer missionaries” because many lack the presence and peace of God. When we encounter someone who has a need, an illness, or a concern, we should
On a good day, enjoy yourself; On a bad day, examine your conscience. God arranges for both kinds of days So that we won’t take anything for granted (Ecclesiastes 7:14, MSG). We all have bad days. I write Interruptions so you can have good days. I confess that I have bad days, and sometimes I string a few
The Lord took hold of me, and I was carried away by the Spirit of the Lord to a valley filled with bones (Ezekiel 37:1, NLT). Never has a people dispersed from their homeland for 2,000 years returned. That is, until the Jews came back from countries around the world to become the nation of Israel. In Ezekiel 37,
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