“I have my ruts, and I like them!” That great honesty came from a child, but it expresses a truth that holds many of us captive. “Rut thinking” is a nasty captor because it usually blinds the captive to the bondage. The walls of the rut grow higher each year, ...
Read More »Search for the Silver Lining
“ … for I am the Lord, who heals you.” Exodus 15:26b Are you still searching for the silver lining? It’s an old saying, one we often toss out glibly, hoping it’s true, not putting much stock in “fate.” But we are not victims of “fate.” As Christians our faith in ...
Read More »When God Lets Bad Things Happen
“How can we trust that God won’t bring any more bad things to us?” This was the question my son asked one morning. As I pondered the answer, I thought about the three Hebrew boys in the book of Daniel. King Nebuchadnezzar made a grand statue, a golden image that ...
Read More »God is Able, and He Wants to Help You
We’ll never run out of words to say or songs to sing. His praises will rise throughout all time whether we join or not. Sometimes our prayers seem dry to us, but the problem is us, not God. He is the King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Maker of the ...
Read More »Bad Boy Saul and the Reimaging of His Reputation
How can he change? His life was determined from day one by being born into that household of Pharisee’s-the strictest sect of the Jewish religion. So many assumptions based upon a life cycle of tradition. How could he be any different? Yet God knew he would change, and even more ...
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