2/7/2025
Open in New Tab Here 3 And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil? He still holds fast his integrity, although you incited me
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Open in New Tab Here You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore Psalm 16:11 (ESV) In the car on Wednesday, I caught a small part of an interview with Derek Thompson, a writer
Read More...1/24/2025 – So Much Sin, So Much Grace
Open in New Tab Here So Much Sin, So Much Grace Have you contemplated how much God is sinned against? This question has been swimming around my head over the past several months. My contemplation has had less to do with a morbid fascination over how sinful I am and
Read More...1/17/2025 – The Day Draweth Toward Evening
Open in New Tab Here The Day Draweth Toward Evening Judges 19:9 9…Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and tomorrow get you early on your way, that thou
Read More...1/10/2025 – From Advent to Epiphany
Open in New Tab Here From Advent to Epiphany If you’re like me, with a liturgical background rooted in the church calendar, you notice that we are now celebrating or observing the time of the Epiphany. What’s that you say? Epiphany: The word epiphany simply means “manifestation,” and the holiday Epiphany (or Three
Read More...12/27/2024
Open in New Tab Here “Have you not put a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? ……….” Job 1:10a With this question, the Serpent continues the assault on God’s character, he starts with the question: “Does Job fear God for no reason?”. But, these
Read More...12/21/2024 – O Emmanuel
Open in New Tab Here O Emmanuel O come, O come, Emmanuel and ransom captive Israel that mourns in lonely exile here until the Son of God appear. Rejoice, Rejoice Emmanuel Shall come to you, O Israel There is something about a good old hymn to usher in Christmas. Even
Read More...12/13/2024 – A Joyful Christmas
Open in New Tab Here A Joyful Christmas Luke 2:10 KJV: And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. If my father were still living, he would be 118 years old. He was one of
Read More...12/6/2024
… an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. –Luke 2:9 This is such a glorious time of year! As we celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, it is inevitable (and appropriate)
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Open in New Tab Here Psalm 100:4-5: “Enter His gates with thanksgiving, His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him, bless His name; good indeed is the Lord, His mercy endures forever, His faithfulness lasts through every generation” As we come to this day of giving thanks for the goodness
Read More...11/22/2024-Being Thankful in Spite of the Lion’s Success
Open in New Tab Here Being Thankful in Spite of the Lion’s Success 28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28 ESV It may say something dark about me, but I have never been more than
Read More...11/8/2024
Open in New Tab Here 9 Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “Does Job fear God for no reason? Job 1:9 For a long time now I have been fascinated with the questions found in the book of Job. I have determined to consider these questions one by one as I
Read More...11/1/2024-Family Resemblance
Open in New Tab Here Family Resemblance 1 John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. KJV
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Open in New Tab Here Romans 8:38-39-English Standard Version 38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from
Read More...10/18/2024-The Power of Twelve
Open in New Tab Here The Power of Twelve … he called his disciples and chose from them twelve, whom he named apostles. Luke 6:13b The Missions Conference this week has been a wonderful blessing of daily worship in communion with our local and global Christian brothers and sisters. Holly and
Read More...10/11/2024
Open in New Tab Here We all have moments when our strength is challenged by some unforeseen event in our lives. We have all been there. It’s strange how quickly we forget our standing before God. We lose sight of our place on the solid rock of all the promises
Read More...10/4/2024 – A Good Night’s Sleep
Open in New Tab Here A Good Night’s Sleep Proverbs 21:1 The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. KJV I was newly married and still a student. While it was true of me that I had not
Read More...09/20/2024
Open in New Tab Here One of my jobs in the Air Force was driving high-ranking officers from my base to Sacramento Metro Airport about 45 minutes away. On one early morning run, an officer I was driving showed me a shortcut to the airport. After I dropped him off,
Read More...9/13/2024 – Winning the Exchange
Open in New Tab Here Winning the Exchange “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation.” Hebrews 11: 1,2, I received a note from a grandson this week relating a litany of world
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Open in New Tab Here The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 I was in Salt Lake City for a couple of days this week for work and as I was
Read More...7/25/2025 – Traveling Light
Open in New Tab Here Traveling Light 18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord. Genesis 13:18 KJV Next month, Jackie and I will have been married 65 years. We are both closer now to
Read More...7/19/2025
Open in New Tab Here And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the
Read More...7/11/2025 – Work Reimagined
Open in New Tab Here Work Reimagined I recently read a short but interesting article on AI and the future of work. In “Work Reimagined: How AI Could Usher in a New Age of Human Artisanship[1],” Pavan Muzumdar argues that AI just might be our avenue to more meaningful, creative,
Read More...7/2/2025 – True Freedom
Open in New Tab Here July 4th Devotional: True Freedom “So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” – John 8:36 (ESV) As we prepare to celebrate Independence Day, we give thanks for the freedoms we enjoy as Americans. Yet, as believers, we’re reminded that our
Read More...6/21/2025
Open in new tab here 10 But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips. Job 2:10 In the midst of severe suffering, Job answered his
Read More...6/13/2025 – Get in the Boat
Open in New Tab Here Get in the Boat Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side… Mark 6:45 During the years when I had the privilege of being an active elder at our church, I took what my Sunday School class must have
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Open in New Tab Here If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell. I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better. But to
Read More...5/30/2025 – An Encouragement to Pray Psalm 139 (ESV)
Open in New Tab Here An Encouragement to Pray Psalm 139 (ESV) “My Swiss Army Knife for Life and Prayer” Sometimes we struggle to know how to pray, especially in moments of deep joy, sorrow, confusion, or fatigue. The words don’t come easily. That’s when Scripture becomes our framework, a steady guide,
Read More...5/16/2025 – The Fall of Spring
Open in New Tab Here The Fall of Spring While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease. Gen. 8:22 Perhaps it is some failing of perception on my part, but I do not note so great an antagonism between the
Read More...5/10/2025
Open in New Tab Here “Then the Lord God said, ‘It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.’” Genesis 2:18 “And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.” Genesis 1:31a “This mystery is
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