February 23, 2021
A Word about the Word- The one who loves silver is never satisfied with silver, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income… Here is what I have seen to be good: It is appropriate to eat, drink, and experience good in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of his life God has given him, because that is his […]
February 15, 2021
A Word about the Word- But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified. [1 Corinthians 9:27] Wednesday is “Ash Wednesday.” It begins the Lenten season, the forty days of observance (actually more, because of weekends) that help us focus on Christ’s sacrificing […]
February 8, 2021
A Word about the Word- For now, we know in part, and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect comes, the partial will come to an end. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put aside […]
February 2, 2021
A Word about the Word- “Have this attitude in you which was also in Christ Jesus…” And what attitude is that, Paul? “…he humbled himself…” [Philippians 2:5–11] Andrew Murray, the nineteenth-century deep-thinking pastor, wrote a lot about humility. In both his classic work, Humility and Absolute Surrender, and his brief but strong Humility, Murray proposes […]
January 26, 2021
A Word about the Word- Therefore, he (Christ) is able to save completely those who come to God through him,since he always lives to intercede for them. [Hebrews 7:25] In the same way the Spirit also helps us in our weakness, because we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the […]
January 19, 2021
A Word about the Word- …Until Christ is formed in you. [Galatians 4:19] That is precisely the goal of the Christian’s life: Christ, his character, and his life recreated in me and you. Beatle George Harrison wrote a song with the lyrics, “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.” […]
January 12, 2021
A Word about the Word- …For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. [Luke 6:45] “That’s not who we are.” How many times have we heard that lately? In regards to the violence at the Capitol last week, we heard a chorus of voices, including former President Jimmy Carter, declaring just that: “This […]
January 7, 2021
A Word about the Word- Pursue the well-being [lit. “shalom”] of the city I have deported you to. Pray to the LORD on its behalf, for when it thrives you thrive. [Jeremiah 29:7] After the horror in D.C. yesterday, the call to pray for “the city” is a very timely one. To pray for peace […]
December 22, 2020
A Word about the Word- Veiled in flesh, the godhead see. Hail the incarnate Deity. It’s profound. It’s mysterious. It’s basic. It’s mind boggling. Christmas is the celebration of the Eternal, Creator God disrobing of his majestic glory and setting aside his kingly crown to don a pair of grungy Carhartt overalls and an old […]
December 16, 2020
A Word about the Word- “A sword will pierce your soul…” [Luke 2:34] So reads the words of wise, old Simeon at the Temple to Mary as she was dedicating Jesus, her son—an episode in the life of Christ which we will examine on Sunday, a story retold so well by Frederick Buechner: Jesus was […]
