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September 30, 2010
Scriptural Basis: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.” “God sets the lonely in families.” Psalm 68:6 “Yet to all who received Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God.” John 1:12 ________________________________________ Application: Kris Kristopherson’s song has always intrigued me; certainly its memorable tune and Kristopherson’s and Johnny Cash’s renditions among others; but it is the realistic,...
September 30, 2010
Scriptural Basis: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.” “God sets the lonely in families.” Psalm 68:6 “Yet to all who received Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God.” John 1:12 ________________________________________ Application: Kris Kristopherson’s song has always intrigued me; certainly its memorable tune and Kristopherson’s and Johnny Cash’s renditions among others; but it is the realistic,...
Who Did I Say That I Am?
September 23, 2010
Scriptural Basis: “I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice He judges and makes war. His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns…He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is the Word of God…Out of His mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations…On His robe and on His thigh He has this name written: King of Kings and Lord of Lords.” Revelation 19:11-16 Application: Jesus...
September 23, 2010
Scriptural Basis: “I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice He judges and makes war. His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns…He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is the Word of God…Out of His mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations…On His robe and on His thigh He has this name written: King of Kings and Lord of Lords.” Revelation 19:11-16 Application: Jesus...
Does This Promise Make Any Sense?
September 2, 2010
Scriptural Basis: “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:31 Application: Within the past week I have witnessed or become aware of terrible suffering in the lives of Christian men and women that would seem to call into question the truth of this verse from the hand of the “weeping prophet,” Jeremiah. And that is just this week; it does not take into account a life...
September 2, 2010
Scriptural Basis: “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:31 Application: Within the past week I have witnessed or become aware of terrible suffering in the lives of Christian men and women that would seem to call into question the truth of this verse from the hand of the “weeping prophet,” Jeremiah. And that is just this week; it does not take into account a life...
Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah
August 26, 2010
Scriptural Basis: “These people come near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.” Isaiah 29:13 “Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.” Psalm 63:3 “For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.” Matthew 12:34 Application: When we are preparing to give our cat, Coco, a can of wet cat food, she, knowing what is coming, begins meowing like crazy. My wife was saying to her, “Hold your horses!...
August 26, 2010
Scriptural Basis: “These people come near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.” Isaiah 29:13 “Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.” Psalm 63:3 “For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.” Matthew 12:34 Application: When we are preparing to give our cat, Coco, a can of wet cat food, she, knowing what is coming, begins meowing like crazy. My wife was saying to her, “Hold your horses!...
The Hound of Heaven
August 19, 2010
Scriptural Basis: “Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? Psalm 139:7 Application: The brother of Christopher Hitchens, the well-known atheist who has made fame and fortune in denigrating the God he claims does not exist, has written his own book titled The Rage Against God: How Atheism Led Me to Faith. At the age of 15 this younger brother, Peter, set fire to his Bible on the grounds of his Cambridge, England boarding school, and began as his brother...
August 19, 2010
Scriptural Basis: “Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? Psalm 139:7 Application: The brother of Christopher Hitchens, the well-known atheist who has made fame and fortune in denigrating the God he claims does not exist, has written his own book titled The Rage Against God: How Atheism Led Me to Faith. At the age of 15 this younger brother, Peter, set fire to his Bible on the grounds of his Cambridge, England boarding school, and began as his brother...
Living in an Atmosphere of Lies
August 12, 2010
Scriptural Basis: “I said in my alarm, “All mankind are liars.”" (Psalm 116:11) “Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God? By no means! Let God be true though everyone were a liar, as it is written, “That you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you are judged.” (Romans 3:3-4) Application: Forty-one years ago this month I left the comfortable shores of America to fight in the deadly jungles of Viet Nam as an Infantry Platoon Leader. Though given...
August 12, 2010
Scriptural Basis: “I said in my alarm, “All mankind are liars.”" (Psalm 116:11) “Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God? By no means! Let God be true though everyone were a liar, as it is written, “That you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you are judged.” (Romans 3:3-4) Application: Forty-one years ago this month I left the comfortable shores of America to fight in the deadly jungles of Viet Nam as an Infantry Platoon Leader. Though given...
The Way Children Always Learn: For Good Or For Ill
August 5, 2010
Scriptural Basis: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.” Deuteronomy 6:5-7 Application: On a cold January morning in 2007 in a Washington DC Metro Station a man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes....
August 5, 2010
Scriptural Basis: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.” Deuteronomy 6:5-7 Application: On a cold January morning in 2007 in a Washington DC Metro Station a man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes....
Is It Hot Enough Yet?
July 29, 2010
Scriptural Basis: “If the Spirit of Him who raised Christ from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.” Romans 8:11 Application: Some of you are sweltering under the summer sun and heat. It has been a scorcher for many. The heat, longed for when the temperatures are bitterly cold, can at other times become oppressive; and just as blooms of flowers wilt and bend over under her burning...
July 29, 2010
Scriptural Basis: “If the Spirit of Him who raised Christ from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.” Romans 8:11 Application: Some of you are sweltering under the summer sun and heat. It has been a scorcher for many. The heat, longed for when the temperatures are bitterly cold, can at other times become oppressive; and just as blooms of flowers wilt and bend over under her burning...
Joseph: The Modern Anti-Hero
July 22, 2010
Scriptural Basis: “Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.” Hebrews 13:7 Application: Modern heroes are those who sell magazines with their faces on covers, make millions in sports, sing or act their way into the hearts of swooning fans, become more popular after their infidelities, live the decadent life before a jealous world, and tell with panache bold lies received as truth. Traveling in Europe...
July 22, 2010
Scriptural Basis: “Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.” Hebrews 13:7 Application: Modern heroes are those who sell magazines with their faces on covers, make millions in sports, sing or act their way into the hearts of swooning fans, become more popular after their infidelities, live the decadent life before a jealous world, and tell with panache bold lies received as truth. Traveling in Europe...
The Deafness of God
July 15, 2010
Scriptural Basis: “When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide my eyes from you; even if you offer many prayers, I will not listen.” Isaiah 1:15 Application: Surely at times it seems like God is deaf and cannot or will not hear my prayer; that He is blind and does not see my situation and come quickly to my rescue. There are those who have sought God in “foxhole” circumstances or in less dire need out of mere spiritual curiosity, and have soon abandoned their quest...
July 15, 2010
Scriptural Basis: “When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide my eyes from you; even if you offer many prayers, I will not listen.” Isaiah 1:15 Application: Surely at times it seems like God is deaf and cannot or will not hear my prayer; that He is blind and does not see my situation and come quickly to my rescue. There are those who have sought God in “foxhole” circumstances or in less dire need out of mere spiritual curiosity, and have soon abandoned their quest...
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