Posted in love on Jul 29th, 2013
There’s a love checklist that is far more important than what most people think of when considering such an idea.
This checklist has nothing to do with romancing another person.
It does, however, point to the depth of intimate love that one shares with the One who desires to be our ultimate heartthrob.
I’m talking about the love […]
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Posted in friendship on Jul 18th, 2013
Seven words jumped off the page of my devotional Bible this morning while reading at the dinner table.
“Hushai the Arkite was the king’s friend.”
My eyes have read over these seven words at least 26 times since I started an annual through-the-Bible-reading regimen in 1987.
But they never caught the significance of these words recorded in […]
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Posted in God's grace on Jun 21st, 2013
God loves you so much.
In fact, He’s thinking about you all the time.
How can He do so for you and for me and for the people at your church and for the missionary serving on the other side of the earth and even for the the spiritual skeptic who hasn’t yet embraced Christ, I don’t […]
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Posted in love on May 24th, 2013
Wanna surefire way to show people that you love Jesus?
Love them.
Every one of them.
And make sure that you only say loving things about and do loving things for other Christians.
“By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” (John 13:35)
This means NEVER gossiping about others in the […]
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Posted in God's grace on Apr 18th, 2013
There are all sorts of theological arguments floating around about the status of Jerusalem after the second coming of Christ.
Some believe the Bible teaches a physical, earthly world capital will be established in a perfect format.
Some believe the Bible teaches that everything physical will be destroyed by fire and the new Jerusalem is a figurative […]
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