While it might be disconcerting to witness a once godly nation stray so far from its roots and original moorings, the story of King Josiah and his amazing discovery gives hope to renewal and righteous reforms. ♦ Josiah was eight years old… Read More ›
We make choices reflecting our values in whom and what purpose we’re following. Be wary of leaders and even noble causes that draw attention to something apart from the One who is the Christ. ♦ John the Baptist gave advance… Read More ›
It took a crisis to turn around the life of an accomplished power player. Sometimes painful periods are but preparation for a greater role in God’s kingdom. ♦ Charles Colson died a year ago this month at the age of 82…. Read More ›
The Book of Job teaches the solution to life’s pain and disappointments is not found in answering the question, Why? It is in trusting God and His sovereignty in the midst of our whys. ♦ Job was a man of… Read More ›
We believe God yet will take matters into our own hands because we lack trust or are outright disobedient. Fortunately sovereign God is faithful and keeps His promises in spite of us and our behavior. ♦ What is amazing about the… Read More ›
Great men and women sin and reap dark consequences from that which they sow. God knows our hearts and is willing to forgive and restore us, even as we come to Him fresh in our guilt. ♦ King David (1040… Read More ›
One cannot fathom what can happen in the lifetime of those surrendered under the authority of God. ♦ Joseph was the eleventh of the twelve sons of Jacob, later named Israel. He was Rachel’s first born in a dysfunctional, nomadic… Read More ›
Regardless of fronts and appearances, we are all seekers in a fallen world with full freedom of choice and personal responsibility. ♦ Albert Camus (pronounced Camu) was a prominent existentialist thinker. His writings revealed a struggle with religious issues like… Read More ›
While evil exists and prospers and bad things happen even to good people, God is at work and in control beyond what we can sometimes understand. ♦ It was Habakkuk, a 7th century Hebrew Old Testament prophet, who posed the… Read More ›
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