I long to lead people to worship God for his practical advice. All Scripture gives me practical truth that will show me I’m worse than I realized, then fix the mess it has exposed, purify, perfect, and equip me to help others. God is so smart and caring, yes, and kind and powerful, etc., etc. […]
In James 3:1 it says, “My brothers, be not many masters, knowing that we should receive the greater condemnation. In Hebrews 13:17 it says, obey them that have the rule over you and submit yourselves. In Matthew 28: 8-10,14 we read, “Do not seek to have people call you honorable names like teacher or master […]
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The Empty Tomb
This year Lois and I had the privilege of going to the Holy Land and visiting Golgotha and the Empty Tomb. One of my life’s highlights was at the tomb. I realized that there was a group from Bob Jones university who would be of like mind and heart. I suddenly burst into song singing, […]
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The Hound of Heaven
Apologies to Francis Thompson (1890)who wrote the original poem In my youth, I feared, lest having him, I could have nothing else. Besides, I knew that he could never love or hold me dear. Rejected by mother, father, siblings, peers; He must reject me also, this was clear. If he, for me, did not really […]
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Legalisim sets too low a target
Oh, we long to be in control. We love rules that we think we can achieve. Legalism is a list of those rules and the suggestion that if we strive a little harder we can control even God and guarantee his acceptance. However both God and the devil want us to feel that our efforts […]
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Cast Your Cares on Him– Or Else!
God loves passion in his people. We are to hate sin, hunger for righteousness, pant like a deer for the water of his word, delight in his word, weep over the ravages of sin, grieve over our sins etc. So what is the difference between passion that provokes to righteousness and passion that kills? Healthy […]
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From Mess to Message
I remember listening to evangelists who had lived dramatically messed up lives and so could testify to God’s saving power and grace. The apostle Paul was a great evangelist, in part, because he has such a dramatic story. If God loved him and turned his life around, God could help anyone! Peter was pretty messed […]
It is sad to fight and die in a battle when the war is already over. Such was the battle of the war of 1812 that was fought near New Orleans, between English troops and US troops after the war was over? Communication was so slow that they did not find out that the war was […]
I was talking to someone today who was moaning and groaning about having to shovel his sidewalk. His whining, reminded me of the attitude of most of my fellow doctors during training. They constantly whined and complained about the long hours, the difficulty, the anxiety etc.I wondered what they gained from all the whining. Whining […]
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WHEN DO I “ARRIVE”
I remember a friend in Anchorage AK who had been saved for a little over a year. At that time, I had been saved for about 40 years. He wanted to know when he could expect to arrive and no longer have to struggle with slipping into sin, no longer having to apologize for messing […]
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DRIVE OUT COVETING — WITH COVETING?
I am told that prairie pioneers would see a prairie fire racing towards them and deliberately set a fire between their house and the oncoming fire. The larger fire was sucking air in to feed itself, so would pull the smaller fire towards itself. This created a charred area between the big fire and the […]
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