The Power of Garlic, Truth and Love
I started eating raw garlic every day for its amazing health benefits. That statement alone might make you want to take a couple of steps back.
You Look Like Your Choices
A speaker at my daughter’s graduation said when we are born, “we look like our parents.” As we get older “we look more like our decisions.”
Advent Reading Week 4: PEACE
There is a peace that surpasses understanding, and advent reminds us that peace is the direct correlation of being in a right relationship with the “Prince of Peace.”
Advent Reading Week 3: JOY
Advent is a time to be reminded that we have the capacity to choose joy over all of our varying emotional responses.
Advent Reading Week 2: LOVE
Have you ever found yourself guilty of judging who is worthy or unworthy of God’s love? I sure have been rebuked for this many a time. God can save even the most unlikely and unlovable of candidates, and He doesn’t need our permission to do so.
Advent Reading Week 1: HOPE
“Just because it’s Christmas, doesn’t mean your heart don’t hurt.” It’s fitting to be reminded that everything in your world doesn’t have to be tidied up to worship the King. You don’t have to check your wounds at the door of the stable before coming in to bow down at that manger.
Hosea and The Scandalous Love of God
God’s scandalous “object-lesson” in demonstrating His unconditional love for ancient Israel through the prophet Hosea should fill us with much hope and gratitude. God loves us too infinitely to leave us to our own demise.
Losing Your First Love
The church in Ephesus was commended for doctrinal vigilance and endurance, but was rebuked for its loss of love. Sadly, they had lost that lovin’ feelin’, even though they were doing many good works for God.
A Life That Demands a Gospel Explanation
When Peter exhorted early Christians about responding to suffering, he was teaching them about apologetics of the faith.
Levi’s Jeans and the Inheritance of Lies
The good news in Jeremiah’s prophecy, and in our journey to the truth that sets us free and keeps us free, is that God promised to expose the lies and restore His people.