Matthew 16:23 "But [Jesus] turned and said to Peter, "Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men." (NKJV)This rebuke of Peter, whom Jesus had previously called a "rock", is one of His sayings...
One of the pastors at my church recently said that this must be the era of inflatable lawn ornaments. As I was jogging through my neighbourhood in rural Canada that same evening, it occurred to me that he must be right. So many lawns now display inflatable snowmen,...
A few years ago a friend gave me an empty coffee can. She told me she has one that she uses for a God can. She writes her prayers on little pieces of paper, then with lots of prayer, puts them inside the can. I have used mine over the years and must say that it does...
My father had that mischievous look in his eyes. Even as a ten-year-old, I recognized it and should have been prepared.But I wasn’t.“Do you believe,” he asked with mock sincerity, “that God can do anything?”“Sure, daddy,” I replied enthusiastically. “I believe God can...
There was Ethan, sitting on the floor at the end of the hall. I was at the other end. He was going to push his favorite dump truck across to me. He got ready, took careful aim and PUSHHHH! The truck came hurtling down the hall. When it reached halfway it bounced off...
"By his breath the skies became fair; his hand pierced the gliding serpent. And these are but the outer fringe of his works; how faint the whisper we hear of him! Who then can understand the thunder of his power?" - Job 26:13-14Hurricane Charley slammed into Florida...
"The Lord is slow to anger and great in power; the Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished. His way is in the whirlwind and the storm, and clouds are the dust of his feet." - Nahum 1:3In 1930, Haile Selassie became the Emperor of Ethiopia. The Christian ruler was...