Go now and leave your life of sin. —John 8:11 There, for all to see, was the photo of a high-profile politician caught in a prostitution sting. How embarrassing! Another photo pictured a notorious sleazebag, being arrested for a Ponzi scam. How embarrassing! […]
Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards. —Song of Songs 2:15 Foxes invade vineyards, eat the grapes, and trash the vines. The foxes must be destroyed, or they will destroy the vineyards. The little foxes of greed, deceit, and envy are more deceptive than the big foxes of
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[There is] a time to weep and a time to laugh. —Ecclesiastes 3:4 It was a small town where everybody knew everybody. Our little church was growing. We were running out of space. We needed to build. Dwight Mann was a prominent
I am going there to prepare a place for you. —John 14:2 Sarah and her husband were preparing to move her elderly mother to live with them, but they knew it would be a difficult transition for her. Wanting to
My help comes from the Lord. —Psalm 121:2 When his dad drove up, young Bill Frey was grubbing tree stumps on the family farm. After watching his son wrestle unsuccessfully with a stubborn one for a while, he said, “I see what your problem is. You’re not using all
Can [you] by worrying add a single hour to your life? —Matthew 6:27 How are you handling your tomorrows today? We all know someone whose worry about their tomorrows wrecks their today with anxiety. In fact,
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It had been a rough day for Jesus in the Temple. First, the Pharisees tag-teamed with the Herodians to snag him in a trap about paying taxes to Caesar. Then it was the Sadducees, with a cockamamie story about seven brothers dying one after another, each marrying the left-behind widow. “At the resurrection,” they asked
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All his days he eats in darkness, with great frustration, affliction and anger. —Ecclesiastes 5:17 Have you ever been mistreated by a spouse, parent, child, teacher, employer, or coworker? Probably. Has it made you bitter? Bitterness breeds a lot of problems but never
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[We are] created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. —Ephesians 2:10 A common question asked in a job interview is, “What skill set do you bring that would contribute to the success of
Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” —Ecclesiastes 7:10 Reliving your yesterdays may be tempting if the biggest slice of your life is past tense. Back then, life was exciting. Health was robust. Loved ones and friends were alive and as near as a phone call. Now, those days
