Standing In A Field Of Beans
When everybody around you runs, what will you do? When everything else around you crumbles, how will you stand?
Shoot The Messenger
If I warn the wicked, saying, ‘You are under the penalty of death,’ but you fail to deliver the warning, they will die in their sins. And I will hold you responsible for their deaths. (Ezekiel 3:18) Read: Ezekiel 3:16 – 6:14, Hebrews 4:1-16, Psalm 104:24-35, Proverbs 26:27 Relate: History hinged on a pair of messengers. Way back around the…
2 Samuel 18:29 (Zeal With No Knowledge)
Ahimaaz replied, “When Joab told me to come, there was a lot of commotion. But I didn’t know what was happening.” (2 Samuel 18:29) Read: 2 Samuel 18:1 – 19:10, John 20:1-31, Psalm 119:153-176, Proverbs 16:14-15 Relate: I am not a big fan of dogs. That is a very conservative way to put it. A for more…
John 4:23-24 (In Truth)
The Father is looking for those who will worship him that way. For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.” (John 4:23-24) Read: Judges 21:1 – Ruth 1:22, John 4:4-42, Psalm 105:1-15, Proverbs 14:25 Relate: “God is Spirit, so those who worship Him must worship in spirit and in truth.”…
The Old Soldier
Now, as you can see, the Lord has kept me alive and well as he promised for all these forty-five years since Moses made this promise—even while Israel wandered in the wilderness. Today I am eighty-five years old. I am as strong now as I was when Moses sent me on that journey, and I can still travel…
Luke 12:4-5 (Fear)
I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him. (Luke 12:4-5) Read: Deuteronomy 29:1-30:20,…
The Fortress Stands Strong
I’ve never been under a literal siege. My guess is that you haven’t either but aren’t there times when we feel like we are facing certain defeat against impossible odds?
Iconoclasm
Do not make idols or set up carved images, or sacred pillars, or sculptured stones in your land so you may worship them. I am the Lord your God. (Leviticus 26:1) Read: Leviticus 25:47-27:13, Mark 10:32-52, Psalm 45:1-17, Proverbs 10:22 Relate: Emperor Leo III overthrew his predecessor to save the Kingdom. Byzantium had been severely mismanaged and was…
The Shame of the Cross
No one can fully know all that He suffered on the cross but every time I think I have a grip at least on the concept of what it must have been like, it just gets worse.
Betting On Death
The opposite of love is not hate. The opposite of love is apathy.
THE RIVER WALK 