Seriously? Take refuge and be glad? Aren’t we fighters? Can’t we take care of ourselves? Why should we settle for just taking refuge instead of going on a counterattack?
2023.01.07 Psalms 005 – Take refuge and be glad?
2023.01.06 Psalms 004 – Feel God’s peace even when things are bad
Christians talk about God’s peace. Do things need to be going well in order to feel that peace? Or can we feel God’s peace when things start to improve? Or, would you believe, can we feel His peace even if nothing’s changed about our situation at all?
2023.01.05 Psalms 003 – God is there when we need Him
God is there when we need Him. And for true Christians, who honestly try to follow Jesus, He’s with us all the time. We might not feel like it. But He is.
2023.01.04 Psalms 002 – We make our relationship with God so difficult
We make our relationship with God so difficult. But it really shouldn’t be. The simple reality is that we must make a choice. You really can’t sit on the fence with God.
2023.01.03 Psalms 001 – delight is in the law of the LORD
Blessed is he whose delight is in the law of the lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. I really wondered about this concept a lot last year. The part about meditating on it day and night. The question is whether there’s more to life than meditating on the law of God... Continue Reading →
Does it help to lift up cancer to Jesus?
What do you do when you have cancer, and it’s Christmas, with all sorts of happy joyful people? But hey, is that really the question? Shouldn’t it really be, what do you do when you have cancer, and the world goes on? Does it really matter whether or not it’s Christmas? The core question remains. Does it help to lift up cancer to Jesus?
A conversation with Jesus on Christmas
The following is a Christmas conversation with Jesus. Many of us Christians have had this conversation. Maybe not all of it. But certainly, parts of it. Maybe not out loud. But in our heads, almost certainly.
Old Testament prophecy on Jesus coming as a man
This segment of our look at Advent focuses on Old Testament prophecy on Jesus coming as a man. Well, OK, as a baby.
The Parable of the Fruitless Fig Tree – repent or perish
When you read it, the concept of the tree without fruit and the warning of repent or perish makes sense. Well, it should make sense to Christians. However, I believe there’s more to it than we might think.
Should we respond to hate with more hate?
Should we respond to hate with more hate? I dare say, most people know the answer to this question. It’s generic. It doesn’t specify what kind of hate. So chances are, most people would say “no, we should not respond to hate with more hate”. The problem is, in the back of our minds, there’s an “unless it’s __
God and me - this life and the next 