Remember at the end of the movie “Castaway,” when Tom Hanks pulls up to that 4-way stop, turns off his truck, gets out and stands at the intersection looking left and right? After being marooned on a deserted island for four years, the many changes he’d returned to forced him to a figurative intersection. What …
In a conversation with the prophet Jeremiah, the Lord pointedly referred to his people as
Can people see Christ in you? All around you are watchful eyes; assessing your faith and judging your character.
One of my favorite ‘obedience’ verses is found in The Message translation of Jeremiah 11:4-5.
Recently, we talked about weapons and the fact that we believers fight differently than non-Christians. We should, we have the Lord. But what about the battles we fight with ourselves; battles to overcome selfishness, hardheartedness, low self-esteem and impatience; battles over things that are entrenched in our character, separate us from God and destroy our testimony? …
When fighting – either with yourself or someone else – what weapons do you use? If an angry driver is yelling at you, are you yelling back? If your spouse is digging up old dirt, are you diggin’ it up too? When your father is feeding you his typical insults, are youflinging ’em right back? Understanding this was an issue in the Corinthian church, the apostle Paul took some time to …
In 1 Corinthians 11:1 Paul tells the church in Corinth “Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.” Wow, that’s quite the statement, isn’t it? Can you and I say the same thing – to our children, to our neighbors, to our co-workers, to our spouses: copy my work habits duplicate the “mercy …
Labor Day, for most of us, means two things: A day off and the end of summer. But when we consider its history, we see it’s actually a day set aside to pay tribute to working men and women; a celebrated national holiday in the US and Canada since 1894. When my children were younger, it seemed that …
In an attempt to make my garage floor clean enough to eat off of, I decided to paint the surface with epoxy paint.