Truth For The Heart
The Prodigal Son is probably the best known, and the best loved, of all of the parables told by Jesus. I think that’s because it tells the story of the kind of father we would all like to have. Some of us may have been blessed with a father similar to the one in the […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 2: Monday Today’s Bible reading, Genesis 4–7, spans people and events from the aftermath of the Fall (Genesis 3) to Noah and the Flood. These chapters reveal the stark contrast between those who continually choose to do evil, and the much smaller number who call upon God. The […]
Read MoreWe either stand before God as a guilty rebel under His judgment, or through faith in Christ, we stand clean before Him in joy and wonder.
Read MoreIf you’ve missed my posts for the last week, I’m writing some of my thoughts and reflections as I read through the Bible this year. I’m doing this because I want to encourage you in your Bible reading. I am giving a small amount of background material, but for detailed explanation of a passage after […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 1: Saturday Saturday’s Bible reading is Matthew 1–2. These chapters contain the genealogy of Jesus, beginning with Abraham, then continue with his birth and infancy—the marriage of Mary and Joseph, the Magi, Herod, the slaying of the baby boys of Bethlehem, the flight to Egypt—and end with the […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 1: Friday “The proud look of man will be abased And the loftiness of man will be humbled, And the LORD alone will be exalted in that day….” “The pride of man will be humbled And the loftiness of men will be abased; And the LORD alone will […]
Read MoreOn January 2, WordPress sent me a year-end summary. I did a double-take as I read it, because it listed Blessings as the top-viewed post. I have yet to figure out how the decision was made, because when I look at the stats page it’s not in the top ten. To make matters even more […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 1: Thursday Today’s reading is in the book of Job, chapters 1 and 2. When you read Job without having experienced lengthy suffering, you may read as if you’re looking through a window into someone else’s world. But when you read it in the midst of extensive and […]
Read MoreHave you been running away lately? Maybe not physically, but in your mind or emotions? Have things seemed overwhelming and you don’t know exactly how God is going to help you or deliver you? Are you thinking you just ought to give up? Or maybe at some point in the past perhaps you did give […]
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Kindling for Candles 