Well done, good and faithful servant. —Matthew 25:23 In New Testament times, an ossuary—a limestone box 20 inches long and 11 inches wide—was commonly used to store the bones of the deceased. Oden Golan, an antiquities collector, owned an ossuary with this attention-grabbing […]
Clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. —Colossians 3:12 Are you up to date on your annual physical? I hope so. Many medical issues are solvable if detected early. “Too late” is a chilling diagnosis. Are you staying on top
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I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. —Psalm 23:6 I met a waitress last night who wants to go to Columbia. That’s her home. Her family and friends are there. She misses them. She’s homesick.
You are great and do wondrous deeds; You alone are God. —Psalm 86:10 Louis XIV ruled France for seventy-two years and demanded that he be addressed as Louis the Great. He ordered that Notre Dame Cathedral be totally dark during his funeral service, except for one candle positioned above
I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. —Matthew 16:18 He thinks you’re liberal because of what you allow. You think he’s narrow because of what he forbids. (Or vice versa.) There are issues where we don’t see eye-to-eye. Sometimes we
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Run in such a way as to get the prize. —1 Corinthians 9:24 On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister reached what track and field experts considered unreachable: he ran a sub-four-minute mile. His time was 3:59.4. Since then, the four-minute barrier has been eclipsed by 1,497 runners. Steve
[Jesus] shared in [our] humanity. —Hebrews 2:14 Here are two verses that describe Jesus’ search for you: “The Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost” (Lk 19:10). “The Word [Jesus] became flesh and made his dwelling among us” (Jn
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Pay attention and listen to the sayings of the wise. —Proverbs 22:17 Flashing lights. Boom gates. Locomotive horns. It’s risky to ignore railroad crossing warnings. There are many warning signs in the Bible that have nothing to do with railroad crossings. Here’s a sampling from Proverbs. About arrogance: “Never let yourself think
Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” —Ecclesiastes 7:10 The “good old days” weren’t all they’re cracked up to be. The paradise that we remember has been embellished by imagination. In any case, those days are long gone. Living one day at a time has much to commend
Preserve sound judgment and discernment. —Proverbs 3:21 Here’s a little bouquet of aphorisms I’ve gathered for you from previous posts in this space. Failure will rarely come because I try and fail, but because I fail to try. I don’t
