Do you have a person in your life that you just want to avoid? Maybe it’s a parent who nags you. Maybe it’s that friend who only contacts you when she wants you to do something for her. Maybe it’s a coworker who only wants to gossip when you want to get your work done. Maybe it’s someone...
“His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace, and in this one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility” (Ephesians 2:15-16 [NIV]).
I have to be honest with you and tell you that this week’s...
A saint is someone who is considered to be holy. The Roman Catholic church has given the honor of sainthood to many people over the centuries. They base that honor on what the person has done in their earthly life, their good works and on evidence of a strong faith and close relationship...
I remember a story about five years ago involving one of the most exciting football players ever to put on pads in the NFL that ended up getting attention from many beyond the sports world because of it’s content. I’m talking about when then-Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick...
When I think of the word sacrifice, I think of all sorts of negative things - having to give up something that I treasure; doing without something important; and dead, bloody animals. The word sacrifice comes from Latin, and it literally means “to make sacred.” That doesn’t really seem...
Do you ever stop and think about how fast life seems to be flying by? One thing that our society has taught us to try to avoid is idle time. We are told or expected to be always “doing” something, working toward some goal, or achieving a new feat. This is especially true as we get...
For about three years now, I have taught Biblical Hebrew (and a little Greek) to one student. This past spring, my student has been working hard at writing a paper on Exodus 20:1-17, which is the passage where the Ten Commandments are first given to the people of Israel. One of the...
Before I get into what God has revealed to me specifically this week about the word “redeem”, I have to tell you that the word was involved in a minor yet memorable change in my life. For many years, my email address was literally “theboss”. I had been a Christian for a long time,...
One thing that comes to my mind when I hear this week’s word, redeem, is coupons. I love free stuff! Occasionally I’ll get coupons in my email that I can print and redeem for free things, such as a free cheeseburger at a local restaurant, or a free ice cream cone. I enjoy swapping a...
