When Lives are At Stake"Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." (John 15:13 NIV)Point Pelee's Lifesaving station in Ontario, Canada was established in 1901 as a result of the numerous lives and vessels lost to this peninsula....
The morning we left the Isle of Skye, we sloshed through the pouring rain to load our car. Now that we finally had our luggage, this actually took a tiny bit of time... The windshield wipers continued their work as we drove off the island. We did have a couple of...
"And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually." (Genesis 6:5 KJV)The late Muhammed Ali made a striking statement about the heart in 1978: "The personality of a person,...
"The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels." (Revelation 3:5 ESV)Over the years I have acquired various labels: Sales...
"King Herod ... seized John and bound him in prison ... And Herodias had a grudge against him and wanted to put him to death. But she could not, for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. ... But an opportunity came when...
"And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh." (Ezekial 36:26 ESV)"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold,...
"You yourself like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ." (1 Peter 2:5. ESV) "By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established." (Proverbs...