Taking a closer look at great people and themes of Scripture
Two men go up to the temple to pray. One returns home a new man, justified. The other says a deluded prayer and returns home unchanged. (Luke 18:9ff) What made the difference? Two sons of a loving father take different paths. One wanders. The other stays home. When the wanderer comes home he is welcomed […]
It’s not what we had hoped, not what we imagined, not what we had wished for, nevertheless, it is where we’re at… Have you been there? John the Baptist was. He’d been faithful, truthful, and God-honoring. And there he sat in a Roman prison awaiting the verdict… Naomi was. She’d left her home-country with […]
I was quite taken with a short video clip by John Piper this week. The intro reads: “It is one of the saddest effects of the fall that over time the greatest wonders in the world become routine. The first day among the Alps we are speechless with wonder. By the end of the week, […]
The boxes of necessities are unpacked. The furniture is placed. Best of all I’ve found a place to nestle in for morning quiet times and I’m settling back into the Bible reading plan I had suspended during our recent move. I started reading this way, several chapters a day drawn from all throughout the Bible, […]
I have stones all about the house—stones that remind me of other places and times. Some are pretty and glinting with fool’s gold or the sparkle of quartz. Others have names and dates penciled on their bases. But must are smooth and plain and their origins have been long forgotten. But I do like to […]