
Think about this: On a dark night, you're stranded at a lonely diner by the road not far from the town where you live. It's Saturday at 3:00 in the morning.
If God is there, the kind of saving, creating, and rescuing God portrayed in the Bible, then there's no real problem in believing the stories in it.
This is what God said to his people Israel after they had completely blown it with their disobedience and foolishness, over and over again.
If these two Scriptures were really believed and followed by the church, it would result in a revolution of thought and action that would capture the world's attention.
What we build in faith, whether it's a church building, a ministry, a career, or anything else, is done step-by-step, depending upon God for each detail, every day.
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Posted on 03 September 2010
We love because he first loved us. If anyone says, “I love God,” yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. 1 John 4:19-20 Following on the heels of yesterday’s passage, this one makes it [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 02 September 2010
This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 01 September 2010
“You are always righteous, O Lord, when I bring a case before you. Yet I would speak with you about your justice: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease? You have planted them, and they have taken root; they grow and bear fruit. You are always [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 31 August 2010
When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment. We boarded a ship from Adramyttium about to sail for ports along the coast of the province of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 30 August 2010
The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him. Nahum 1:7 This statement comes from the prophet Nahum, generations after King David. Nahum prophesied against the wicked city of Nineveh and the unbelievable atrocities of the Assyrians. It’s just one more affirmation in history that there [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 29 August 2010
I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live. Psalm 116:1-2 The Hebrew Psalmist writes that he was in trouble and in need of mercy (we don’t know why, but it doesn’t [...] Continue Reading