"And now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul." (Deuteronomy 10:12 NIV)My dog Sophie is such a joy. When we are...
"Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving." (Colossians 4:2 ESV)What power there is in knowing we can come before God and share our deepest concerns with Him. Such is the God we have and the love He has for us. In both the Old and New...
Psalms 19 speaks forth a powerful message, one that cannot be stopped: “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. They have no speech, they use no...
Why do I Go to Church?Erik the Red, a ferocious Viking descendant living in newly established Iceland, followed in the footsteps of his dad. His father had come to Iceland after being expelled from Norway for an unjustified killing, and now Erik faced the same...
"I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you. Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding, which must be curbed with bit and bridle, or it will not stay near you." (Psalm 32:8-9 ESV)"The plane's rubber...
On Friday, we saw how God opened the doors for a Bible club in an elementary public school; and how by letting God be in charge, that Bible club went on to draw many to God's kingdom. Unfortunately, however, the principal who had allowed the bible club in the first...
Last Friday, in Lessons From the Classroom, Part 19, I told the story of how God picked me up out of my "self"-given plans of becoming a principal and set me back down on the right path: Back in the classroom.Unfortunately, I had a problem. I couldn't return to my...