Courageous
God rescued Israel out of Egypt, through Moses. Following Moses’s death, God chose Joshua to lead Israel into the promised land. The Lord said in Joshua 1:5-6, “No one will be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave […]
Crooked Things
Recently, I was reading Ecclesiastes Chapter 7. When I got to verse 13, it stopped me dead in my tracks. “Consider the work of God: who can make straight what He has made crooked?” That word “crooked” here does not mean “corrupt” or “evil”. It is to be understood as “inscrutable” or impossible to understand. Yes, God does […]
Normal Christianity
Is it so strange to think that “normal” Christianity can, and should be, summed up in the words of Jesus: “Whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these…” (John 14:12 NIV)? This should be a call to action for all believers! We […]
The Sabbath
In 0.35 seconds, I learned the word Sabbath is mentioned 172 times in the Bible. There are two main Hebrew words used for rest: Sabbath, which means to stop working and nuakh, which means to dwell or settle. Genesis 2:3 reminds us: “So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God […]
Access
My memory summons an iconic photograph from the early sixties when I think about ACCESS. Little John-John Kennedy is just a toddler as he peaks through the small door in front of the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office of the White House. Security protocols involving an audience with POTUS are formidable, even more so […]