We are inevitably a product of our culture. We can’t help it. An example of this is when something bad happens to us, the first question in our head is “why?” Why would God allow such a thing to us? This says a lot about our expectations and what we think we deserve. We expect […]

Exodus 30:14-15-Everyone who is numbered in the census, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the Lord’s offering. 15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when you give the Lord’s offering to make atonement for your lives. It is hard to look at […]

Yesterday, on the way back from the retreat, taking Mary Ann home, we saw the most gloriously vivid rainbow in the sky. It was as if we were entering into the throne room of God greeted by that double rainbow! God was literally making His grace visible! And it only added to the joy and […]

Proverbs 3:7-Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil. Whether we believe it or not, people make decisions that we may think are bad for them, but in the person’s eyes it is what they desire. Now that desire can be altered by numerous things; culture, abuse, neighborhood, […]

The real Jesus is not for everyone. Only those who have known failure can know Him. Long ago, I was driving a church van and was overhearing a conversation between a pastor’s wife and a woman in her church. The woman had shared with the pastor’s wife that she had known much setbacks and failures […]