A Biblical Counseling Series #3 Have you ever been left home by your parents with a list of chores to do before they return? I remember one Saturday morning when my parents went grocery shopping. Each of my siblings and I had a room to clean, but we knew we had several hours. We spent …
What Do You Know For Sure?
“I am sorry to tell you that the results say you only have six months to live.” “The test is positive. Your situation is incurable. Let’s talk about how we can manage it now.” “Years of skipping annual check-ups have led us to a point of no return. There is nothing we can do now.” …
Another Jesus
Another jesus is masquerading as the Jesus of the Bible. This false jesus overlooks the murder of innocent babies in the womb. He understands and allows for the reasons people murder others in the name of their own rights. He loves without any call to repentance or righteousness. This masquerading jesus accepts what happens in …
Faithful Friendship
The dark clouds of grief would not lift for so long. Everyone I loved had been taken from me, and my sadness had turned to anger. How could this happen? Did Jehovah, the God of Israel see me? If He did, why did He not intervene? I pushed those who tried to help away. How …
A Christmas Song in the Night
The lights and the tinsel Sparkle like gold Singing a love song, With a story long told. When God became man, With humanity dwelt. Who walked here with us, Jesus, Immanuel. Imagine with me No gifts wrapped with love, No lights on the trees, No hope from above. Where would we be, If He had …
Free from Fear: Peace on Earth
It was an obscure benediction of Advent that jumped off the page of God’s Word. Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist, had been mute until that day his son was named. His first words poured out prophecy for the coming Messiah, and have been recorded in Luke’s Gospel, chapter 1:67-79. “That he would grant …
Free From Shame
John 8:36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. Shame is a topic of many parenting classes, and rightly so. Very few children grew up in a home where shame and guilt were not used as parenting tools. “How could you be so stupid?” “Why can’t you be more …
Apathy
When Jesus said That the love of many Would wax cold. I did not know It would be my heart. I did not know That I could look At human need And just walk away. I did not know That dying souls Looked like hopelessness, And how easy it would be, To turn my face …
Retracing Our Steps
Life can be quite the journey, can’t it? Think about the last ten years of your life. Think of the highs where God taught you something that has stuck with you. Can you mark them as a map in your Bible? That is why I love writing in my Bible as I read. I do …
Overcomers
Revelation 12:11And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. As I read Ephesians 1-2, I just wondered in amazement at all God has offered those who put their trust in Him. How gifts are excessively abundant and …
His Song in the Night 