Suffering for the gospel is not an elective class in the school of discipleship, but a required course. Dr. Stephen J Lawson It’s also the main tool God uses to grow our character and to teach us to live out the Grace we have been given. Adversity is the forge of our...
9/16/2018 “According to Stephanos Bibas, a professor of law and criminology at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, the criminal-justice system has become a “capacious, onerous machinery that sweeps everyone in,” and plea bargains, with their swift...
How personal and concerned is God about assuring that we understand how much we are loved? God used close parking spaces during a holiday season years ago to show me that HE was in charge. I had a prime spot from before Thanksgiving until after my birthday in February...
I had the opportunity to consider and discuss this a couple of times this week: Ephesians 1:17: “[I pray] that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your...
I had the opportunity to consider and discuss this a couple of times this week Ephesians 1:17: “[I pray] that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your...
“The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—and he will delight in the fear of the Lord.” When the Spirit of the Lord abides with...
Today I was in a shoe store that sells only shoes, nothing else. A young girl with a tattoo and green hair walked over to me and asked, “What brings you in today? I looked at her and said, “I’m interested in buying a refrigerator.” She...
I had a dream last night. In it, I put on my candy pink terry cloth bathrobe that I like so much on cool mornings, but it had been washed and was now a soft shade of yellow, which was also quite lovely and attractive. In the dream, also, it seemed I went to give...
Listening to Alex Kendrick’s story of the Kendrick Brothers’ Sherwood movies- Flywheel, Facing the Giants, Fireproof, Courageous, and War Room- was inspiring. It was almost funny how many contractors have been receiving requests to enlarge or reconfigure...
One thought that Mr. Rogers said in the movie to the reporter with whom he was interacting in conversation about the reporter’s relationship with his alcoholic father who had abandoned him…..as they sat in the restaurant and had a time of silence to be...
