I love this illustration by Tim Keller: If the distance between the earth and the Sun, 92 million miles, was reduced to the thickness of a sheet of paper, then the distance between the earth and the nearest star would be a stack of paper 70 feet high! And the diameter of a galaxy would […]
Good afternoon everyone, Psalm 42:5-6-Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation 6 and my God. I believe prayer can become difficult for us as Christians especially living in “our age and times” because everything surrounding […]
Sorry to start the week with such gloomy thoughts. But I never realized that when Christ comes, the unbelievers who are still alive (2/3 of the world’s population that are not Christians) will be killed physically first and then thrown into hell. Rev. 19:21, “The rest of them were killed with the sword that came […]
Sorry, this devotional is so late in the day. I wanted to give Janet a break from the girls and so I took them out to Bonny Lake library today… Reading through the Book of Revelation, I am reminded again that there is cosmic war going on and we are in it! The reason why […]
Have you ever noticed how similar the plot line of so many of American movies are? 1. Relative time of peace. 2. Evil lurks. 3. Crisis 4. Seeming victory by the good 5. Sudden overcoming by evil – Hero seemed to have lost. 6. Dramatic sacrifice by the hero. 7. Final victory by the good. […]
Good morning everyone, Job 1:9-12-9 Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “Does Job fear God for no reason? 10 Have you not put a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. […]
Many people asked me, “Why is the God of the New Testament so different from the God of the Old Testament?” What they mean is that God of the NT seems so chill, loving, sympathetic whereas the God of the Old Testament seems wrathful, angry, vengeful. Well, let me assure you that they are the […]
Can you believe the unbelievable freedom and wealth we are enjoying? We are free to read the Bible. We are free to gather and worship Jesus. We are even free to talk to others about Jesus. We are free to raise our children in the Lord! Not only do we have the freedom, but we […]
Good morning everyone, Corinthians 4:3-4 3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself. 4 I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who […]
One of the ways I know I’m growing in Christ is by having my perspective change on what is being blessed. As most Americans, I used to think that being blessed means to have enough wealth (not exceeding wealth, for that will lead us to greed), a college education in the top 20 university, live […]