The first casualty of relegating the Old Testament to the back burner of our theology, is the importance and centrality of the Creation account.
Bean Soup: Day 1
Several years ago now, our little neighborhood Bible study piled in our cars and drove an hour to a nearby city. Our destination was a day-long conference led by a woman who for over forty years had been a world-impacting teacher and author of Bible studies.
Amazed Again by Grace
In the Bible, Romans 8:1 tells us, There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. We know this truth fundamentally but sometimes not so much in experience.
Simply Love
A simple truth received is often the “bringer” of God’s miraculous power in the life of anyone!
Just When You Need It
I was scheduled for an MRI one Monday morning. The nurse asked me two questions: “Do you have any metal parts inside you?” and, “Are you claustrophobic?” I answered “no” to both questions and confidently entered the room where the big drum of a machine was standing ominously in front of me.
The Words He Loves to Hear
I had so much to do that day . . . that week . . . that month . . . that moment! Demands were pressing in on me from everywhere!
The Glue that Repairs the Cracks
My husband and I were trying to find the right place. The jazz concert had been moved to a different venue on campus, so it wasn’t happening here!
From Disappointment to Adoration
Disappointment—that which we experience when expectations or wishes are not met. All of us face numerous disappointments throughout life—someone says something that hurts, a project fails, an illness interrupts plans…
Pleasing Prayers
In the first phrase of this verse David prays about his prayers. His desire is that his prayers would be like incense to God.
Fitting Praise
Open your Bible to the middle and there you find the hymnbook of God—those inspired songs full of praises and prayers. God inspired the psalms for many reasons, but one important reason is to enhance the worship of His people.
He Got Us Out
A friend and her four-year-old daughter passed by a cemetery where a grave had been freshly dug with a mound of dirt to the side. The daughter said, “Oh look, Mom, someone got out!”
In But Not Of
I have friends who like to scuba dive. They put on their equipment and plunge into a different world under the sea. The sea isn’t an environment suited to man naturally. However, with the right equipment, it is possible to breathe and explore fascinating things God has created.
Grace Beyond Measure: The Real Me
Most of us have seen them—painted performing artists who are creative and entertaining in their perfect stillness—live statues can fool us. Even up close it is difficult to tell whether they are real or not. Children and adults alike are fascinated by their realism.
Grace Beyond Measure: Rest
Rest is essential to bread making. Bread dough needs to rest because we add yeast to it which is a living organism that takes time to rise, rest, and rise again to increase in size.
Grace Beyond Measure: God Is Enough
During the 19th century, personal tragedy led Puritan Hannah Whitall Smith to write several books on suffering.
Grace Beyond Measure: Margin to Breathe
Boundaries create margin. What is margin?
Grace Beyond Measure: I Want Jesus
“I want Jesus!” shouted my three year-old granddaughter from the back seat of my car. Imagine my surprise and delight.
Trust in the LORD - to make your paths straight
Listening, listening, always listening for the word of the Lord: Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you saying, “This is the way; walk in it” (Isaiah 30:21). God can and will make my paths straight.
Trust in the LORD - acknowledge Him in all you ways
Decisions, decisions. When the bonds of trust between humans have been broken, changes in your life will force choices out into the open.
Trust in the LORD - not your own understanding
Ladies, I profess utter and complete trust in the Lord with all my heart, yet what a fickle fool I am when things go awry.