“Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to you while you may be found; surely when the mighty waters rise, they will not reach him.” (Psalm 32:6) My wife told me a story the other day, which took the form of a modern-day parable. Jesus often relied on parables in the Bible to compare something in everyday life to a spiritual truth. However, many of us have trouble understanding Jesus’ parables because we don’t belong to the culture for which they were written. The importance of the spiritual […]

“Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.” (Luke 6:37) I was eating lunch the other day at the senior citizens center. I sat at the table with three elderly citizens, all of whom enjoying their golden years. As I listened to them, I couldn’t help but notice how one of my lunch companions just teemed with love. The attitude and character that she modeled for us in the thirty minutes we […]

“But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord, a day is like a thousand years, and thousand years are like a day.” (II Peter 3:8) I was listening to a friend recently who came very close to winning a promotion. His disappointment was understandable, but as he shared his frustration, he also read some verses from the Book of Romans that comforted him. “Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we […]

“And a voice from heaven said, ‘This is my Son, whom I love, with him I am well pleased.” (Matthew 3:17) I have a ten-year-old son who loves baseball more than he loves to eat. In fact, Mark is one of the finest baseball players for his age that I’ve ever laid my eyes on. But then again, no parent can be objective when it comes to their own child. You know what I mean? This summer, Mark made the all-star team and we had the opportunity to […]