Calming the storm was one of the miracles Jesus did. It’s recorded in Matthew 8, Mark 4 and Luke 8. (Note this was not the time Jesus walked on water. That was another boating adventure the Gospels added to his Continue Reading →
Years ago I saw comic book ads selling lessons on muscling up. There’s a scrawny fellow on a sandy beach. A bully kicks sand in his face and the scrawny guy can only sit there and do nothing but be Continue Reading →
Do you wonder why you are here — and what to do with your life? You are not alone! Years ago when self-help books were hugely popular I read an article called “How To Avoid Being A Failure”. I thought Continue Reading →
I asked the Google what were the MOST and LEAST searched for items. Among hits in one of the “least” lists I found “hash brown cd-rom tutorial”. I might not have guessed that. Among hits in one of the “most” Continue Reading →
Chapter 3 of Paul’s letter to the Colossians begins, “Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is …”. What were the Colossians doing — or failing to do — that caused Continue Reading →
The more you read the Bible, the more you’ll appreciate memorizing the order of the books in it. You’ll love the way you’ll be able to flip through the actual pages of a “paper-and-print” Bible in which you’ll see things Continue Reading →
That very fact that humans exist says a lot about the creative ability and loving character of the Lord. What we humans choose to do with the wondrous life the Lord gave us says a lot about our character — Continue Reading →
“Don’t you know? Didn’t you hear?” If a friend said that to you or me, it would probably get our attention. How much more should we perk up when “The LORD … the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends Continue Reading →
Here’s an eye opener: Acts 2 begins, “And when the day of Pentecost was fully come …” What’s this “fully come” thing? Pentecost was literally as old as Moses! Yet something remarkable happened on that particular Pentecost in Acts chapter 2. We get the idea from scripture that God Almighty had been on the edge of His seat looking forward to THAT Pentecost since the beginning. Continue Reading →
Here is a new song based on a classic teaching. One of the great abilities God designed into our minds is the power to direct our own thinking and concentrate on something for a long time. Colossians refers to this Continue Reading →