Thinkin’ about grace today. The unmerited favor of God coupled with forgiveness. Considering the price Christ paid, we need to be sure he’s getting his monies worth. We must be worthy of the call. Paul said this in Ephesians 4:1. In Philemon we see an escaped servant who had stolen from his master,…
Social media is the bane or the joy of our existence. We hear and read pros and cons of our time spent there. I really don’t write about social media due to its controversies. I’m sure I spend too much time on it and writers are admonished to use it for marketing. During…
Twelve for Dinner A few years ago, our church hosted a “walk to Calvary”. We paraded into Jerusalem waving our “palm” branches. Our path took us through several scenes, ending at an empty garden tomb. At one point, we stopped in the upper room to celebrate Passover. The table had paper placemats…
Over the years, I’ve heard many sermons from Ezekiel 37, the dry bones chapter. It’s the most popular content for sermons from the book of Ezekiel. Ezekiel is a difficult book to understand with all the imagery, metaphors, and similes. This time, however, a different portion stood out to me. In…
In this world we are living in , Isaiah 46:3-4, 9-11 bears repeating. Verse 3 starts out “Listen to me.” I was reminded of all the times that I have said to children, heard my daughter say to my grandchildren, “listen to me”. We usually have to say it several times and grasp their little faces…
Once again, my daily devotional with Jim Cymbala strikes a chord that I am compelled to write about. In Revelation 2:12-17 John pens the letter from Jesus to the church at Pergamum. Pergamum was a great judicial center, known as a wealthy city. According to the Pulpit Commentary, Pergamum was famous for…
Today’s post is a guest post from a friend. I met Erin at the Christian Writers Conference two years ago in a bookstore line! My readers are used to shorter pieces than Erin’s so I’ve posted a portion of his blog post on Snake Tunnel. You can read the entire story at https://www.erinahnfeldt.com/single-post/snake-tunnel Boys…
Years ago, I had the opportunity to do classroom “pragmatic” language lessons. I had a six-week curriculum that covered how to ask questions that get the answer you want, listening versus hearing, tone and timing of conversation and delivering constructive criticism. I taught the kids a lesson called “3+and a Wish”. Later it became…
Been thinkin’ this week about the division and downright hatred among our citizens. Wondering at the threats and insults hurled across our congressional floors. Shocked at some of the social media posts that pop up in my news feed. Reading through Isaiah, the Full Life Study Bible calls chapters 36-39 a “historical interlude…
One of my 2021 goals is to read the entire Bible. I’ve done the chronological one year Bible for several years now, in a couple of different translations. The Genesis to Revelation plan bogs me down in Chronicles. In an effort to find a new way, of course, I went to google. I was…
