Because it’s Holy Week, as a Christian the death Christ is vivid for me. The suffering in Ukraine is seemingly never absent from my awareness. And the word of Jesus, “If any man would come after me let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me,” has a...
Emotions ran high. A husband and his wife had quarreled. Both were nursing their hurt feelings in defensive silence. As they were driving to attend a family wedding in a distant city, the angry tension between them was so thick you could cut it with a knife. Then the...
I am an avid reader and I’m not as disciplined in what I read as I might need to be. If I were more disciplined, I might learn more about something and learning more about something can enhance intellectual growth. Even so, I have learned a lot about some-things...
“The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.” (Romans 8:16-17, NIV) In John...
Recently, I shared the story about a ring we bought years ago when traveling in Russia and the former Soviet Union. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, we were visiting Christians and establishing relationships with the long oppressed Church. Jerry has worn the ring...
“This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ...
I’m not sure anyone has the credentials to teach and/or write about love and marriage. I might. I’ve been married longer than most of you reading this have been living. I married the woman who is still my mate before you were born. This week, March 15, Jerry and I...
“Speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its...
March 8 is International Women’s Day, and March is Women’s History month. Throughout this month, Americans will celebrate the many achievements of women throughout history in art, athletics, business, government, philanthropy, humanities, science, and education. ...
“Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have I give thee.” (Acts 3:6, KJV) Peter and John were on their way to worship when they were confronted by a beggar. Peter responded to him, “Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have I give thee.” The gospel puts us...