Two Kinds of With
It is so important to know the difference. There is a use of the word “with” in Scripture that simply refers to the occasion where people happen to be together, with each other, and there is no larger or more…
It is so important to know the difference. There is a use of the word “with” in Scripture that simply refers to the occasion where people happen to be together, with each other, and there is no larger or more…
For the last few years the Lord has blessed Rita and I with being able to vacation each Spring in Phoenix. Our first time here in 2015 was at a particularly low time in my life. I was deeply discouraged.…
One of the unfortunate outcomes of living in the era of social media is the conclusion that God primarily uses and really blesses people with extraordinary talents. But that holds true only if the size of the church or ministry…
Rita's uncle Oris had farmed 300 plus acres of corn and soy beans outside of Dayton, Iowa, for most of his life. Farming being what it is uncle Oris had made life-long friends of the neighboring farmers. They shared farm…
Every so often, I like to switch translations for my devotional reading, just to get a different perspective on God’s story. When I do that, I will typically get a study Bible so that I can have some commentary on…
God’s sovereignty versus our free will. Which one determines our future? Maybe the answer is both? “Either/or” creates a dissonance none of us are comfortable with. It is an argument that has dominated the last five hundred years of church…
I know you have experienced the same thing. You can read whole passages of Scripture and have them be meaningful, but then, at a different time, have the Holy Spirit speak so powerfully in every turn of the narrative. That…
I hope you don’t mind the number of posts on Abram from Genesis recently. It’s just that God seems to be speaking to me so strongly through my Genesis readings right now that I can’t help but pass on to…
Don’t assume that you know the answer. I thought I did and then was surprised when I did a little cross-referencing. I think we all assume, from what we have read in the Genesis 18-19 account of the twin OT…