Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to His great mercy, He has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for (more…)
Jesus
Love and Obey
Whoever has My commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him. – John 14:21
My regular readers have heard me talk about my rescued English setter mixes, Churchill and Pepper. Churchill, part border collie, is the brains of the (more…)
The Sin at the Root of Our Problems
No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.—1 Corinthians 10:13
We have more than 200 trees and an untold number of bushes on our acreage. (more…)
Why Jesus Had to Die
A year ago on my first mission trip to Alaska, I led a little girl named Jennifer to Christ. This summer I served on the other side of the city, where Jennifer had happened to move after I left last year, and she found me. Though she seemed solid in her faith, she had a vexing question common among even more
In Sickness but in Health
Last time we talked about how it’s biblical to pray for healing, and such prayers don’t have to be to the exclusion of outreach to the lost. But we ended with a caveat: We must stop praying for healing when God says no, as He did to Paul.
“Concerning this I implored the Lord three times that it might leave me. And (more…)