Sonshine for your soul
Posted in personal holiness on Jan 24th, 2013
No woman would walk down the street of a rough neighborhood with an open purse on her shoulder that contained a fat wad of cash in full view.
The chances of somebody stealing it from her — or worse — would be too high to make such a careless decision.
Yet, we Christians are careless sometimes in […]
Posted in personal holiness on Jan 14th, 2013
Having spent my adult life as a professional writer, I know quite well the compulsion to refine my messages.
My wife Lori is used to my late Saturday nights at the computer, not because I’m writing a last-minute sermon but instead because I’m polishing it.
Shape, sharpen and condense are the missions of those midnight moments.
With years […]
Posted in pride on Nov 16th, 2012
Everybody likes to receive praise.
It gives us reassurance that we are valued by others.
There’s a problem, though.
We sometimes view the praise of others almost as an emotional skeleton. If we lack it, we collapse into an emotionally crippled state, able to do little.
If someone needs a pat on the back or they’ll stop functioning, […]
Posted in Jesus Christ on Nov 5th, 2012
I’m very glad that my inheritance in heaven is not based on my inherited weaknesses toward sin.
I’ve been a Christian a long time and still stumble now and then, something that should never happen yet sometimes does.
You know what I’m talking about since the same happens to you.
Even though we all, like sheep, have gone […]
Posted in God's supremacy on Nov 1st, 2012
What will Christians see when they stand before the Lord?
An endless table of their favorite desserts?
Favorite hobby toys with no charger cords or fuel filler caps?
An angel holding the keys to a mansion filled with cool stuff?
Let’s look at what the prophet Ezekial described after his vision of the throne room.
“Then there came a […]
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Martin Drummond