Open in New Tab Here “So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.” Psalm 90:12 My 3rd oldest daughter Emma graduated last week and on Sunday I have the privilege of leading Berean’s annual baby dedication. Naturally, I’m reflecting on just how fast 18 years goes by. When Andrea… Read More »
6/7/2024 – The Priest with Dirty Clothes
Open in New Tab Here The Priest with Dirty Clothes Have you ever accidentally picked up a stick or log by an old fire only to realize that it had turned to charcoal? Ugh! Unless you drop everything and thoroughly clean your hands, you will stain everything you touch. Removing that char from anything can… Read More »
5/31/2024-Lighthearted Confessions of a Deadliner
Open in New Tab Here Lighthearted Confessions of a Deadliner 1 Thessalonians 5:14 And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all. In sharp and unflattering contrast to myself, my lovely spouse is a hard worker. Now that she is retired from a career as… Read More »
5/24/2024-The Beautiful Bride
Open in New Tab Here The Beautiful Bride Let us rejoice and exult and give him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his Bride has made herself ready; it was granted her to clothe herself with fine linen, bright and pure”– for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of… Read More »
5/17/2024
Open in New Tab Here Psalm 33:20–22 (ESV): 20 Our soul waits for the Lord; he is our help and our shield. 21 For our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name. 22 Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in you. In these… Read More »
5/10/2024-Thresholds: A Line in the Grass
Open in New Tab Here Thresholds: A Line in the Grass There can be little doubt about it now: I am an old man! It has been a hard thing to accept, but the unavoidable truth is setting in. It is unwelcome. I am disposed to follow the inclination of Dylan Thomas and “rage against… Read More »
5/3/2024
Open in New Tab Here Romans 7:14 – “but I am of the flesh, sold under sin” “Concupiscence” is my word of the day. Did you know we all battle concupiscence every day? Paul did and told us why in the text above. What is this you might be saying? Concupiscence is the human tendency toward disordered… Read More »
4/19/24-Supervised Salvation
Open in New Tab Here Supersized Salvation How many of you remember when you had your first supersized meal from your local fast food joint? Or perhaps you rode your bike to the local Seven 11 and were delighted to find that you could supersize your Slurpee to 128 ounces. Ok, maybe it was only… Read More »
4/12/24- Growing Old
Open in New Tab Here Growing Old Prov. 15:15 “All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.” This week I find myself testing a pair of hearing aids. The event has triggered in me what Longfellow might have identified as: “long thoughts”. As… Read More »
4/5/2024
Open in New Tab Here Great are the works of the Lord, studied by all who delight in them. Psalms 111:2 ESV In my daily Bible reading plan, Psalm 111 was on the list for yesterday. It is one of my favorites, probably because of verse 2 (above) that clearly encourages believers to worship our… Read More »
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