"The Life-Light was the real thing: Every person entering Life he brings into Light." John 1:9 (MSG)The real Life-Light came to our neighborhood, and the Creator met His creation face to face. His message was quite simple. It was not a message of condemnation, but a...
"(Jesus said) A time is coming and in fact has come when you will be scattered, each to your own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me." (John 16:32, NIV2)Jesus was never alone. His Father was constantly with him, and He made...
"If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me." Jeremiah 29:13 NLT If I didn't pay, I couldn't talk.As my wife and I sat on the front porch of the hundred-year-old home we rented, we often heard it ring. A pay phone situated next to an old country store across...
"He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: 'The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again." Luke 24:6-7 (NIV)Many civilizations have disappeared...
"You're blessed when you're at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God and his rule." (Matt 5:3, MSG) This reminds me of what John the Baptist concluded: "He (Jesus) must become greater; I must become less." (John 3:30, NIV2)We hunger to be closer...
"Then he said, "Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own." Luke 12:15 NLT Who would have thought a book of stamps would buy what I wanted?As an added marketing technique to draw customers, Piggly Wiggly grocery stores offered...
"Your eyes are windows into your body. If you open your eyes wide in wonder and belief, your body fills up with light. If you live squinty-eyed in greed and distrust, your body is a dank cellar. If you pull the blinds on your windows, what a dark life you will have!"...