For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.” –1 Timothy 4:8 Read: 1 Timothy 4 Life is not about the body, but our health is a means of praise. So this week, before that first rep, regardless of what [...]
Someday our souls will soar. You know, we talk a lot about how our lives are all about Who we have on the inside and not about how we look on the outside. It’s not that we don’t have anything else to say, but we just can’t exhaust that point. The comparison between the condition of [...]
“Come. Follow me.” –Matthew 4:19 Read: Matthew 4 The phrase “cut to the chase” originated in scripts during the silent film era. After dramatic story lines, these mute motion pictures would routinely end in chase sequences on dusty roads. Today, the phrase has come to mean “get to the point.” Fittingly, that’s exactly what we [...]
“And even the very hairs on your head are numbered.” –Matthew 10:30 Read: Matthew 10 Parents do the greatest things. I got an e-mail from my mom this weekend about a bird’s nest in the backyard that she and Dad have been keeping an eye on for the last few weeks. Well, I’m happy to [...]
“So Sarah laughed to herself.” –Genesis 18:12 Read: Genesis 18 Benchwarmer. Not something that sat well with me. But during my sophomore year in high school, I endured it for the first time in my life. See, I was a baseball player, and a good one. But basketball? I probably should’ve hung up the Air [...]
“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” –Romans 8:1 Read: Romans 8 Last week marked the beginning of the 2012 Major League Baseball season. Of course, many of you know we’re thrilled that the boys of summer have taken the field. In fact, I’m not kidding when I say I’ve [...]
“It is finished.” –John 19:30 Read: John 19 Today, we’re silent. Like the angels for six hours that Friday, we’re still. Like the naysayers and doubters, who waited at the foot of the cross to hear Jesus take back His promises, and with the disciples who hid their faces from the enemies who sought them, [...]
“Carry each other’s burdens.” –Galatians 6:2 Read: Galatians 6 Uphill battles. If anyone understood the phrase, Simon did. Simon of Cyrene was of course the man who helped Jesus carry the cross up the hill toward Calvary. In one moment, a bystander. The next, a cross bearer. He did literally what you and I are called to [...]
“‘Go into that village over there,’” he told them. ‘As you enter it, you will see a young donkey tied there that no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here.’” –Luke 19:30 Read: Luke 19 Earlier this week, in my message about Billy Graham, I happened to mention the donkey that Jesus rode [...]
“The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter.” –Luke 22:61 Read: Luke 22 Have you ever stopped to think about all the great and odd ways that God gets the attention of His people? Lazarus woke up and Jonah saw the inside of a whale. Just run through the bible and we find countless examples [...]