Dear Friends: It is Father’s Day and I am feeling, well . . . fatherly. My son Andrew, all smiling, six feet of him came in last night and hugged me and said “I am glad that you’re my dad.” I replied, “I’m glad that you’re my son. I’m proud of you and the man
Devotional
A Word of Grace – June 13, 2011
Dear Friends: Is there one of us who doesn’t face some gulf that we can’t span? Some flood that overwhelms us? Some distance greater than our weak faith can seem to close? The lament of David in Psalm 69:1-3 expresses what this can feel like– Save me, O God; for the waters have come up
A Word of Grace – June 6, 2011
Dear Friends: When most people think of “idols” the have in mind literal statues–or the next pop star anointed by Simon Cowell. Yet while traditional idol worship still occurs in many places of the world, internal idol worship, within the heart, is universal. In Ezekiel 14:3, God says of the elders of Israel, “These men
A Word of Grace – May 31, 2011
Dear Friends: We are merely human beings– just like you! We have come to bring you the Good News. Acts 14:15, NLT “I am only human.” Is there anyone of us who hasn’t said this a thousand times? It is our most profound confession of inadequacy and limitation. It admits that we lack something necessary
A Word of Grace – May 23, 2011
"You are what you eat," is a saying with many attributions. Its truth is undeniable. What we eat directly affects our physical, mental and spiritual well-being. God called Moses to commune with him on Mount Sinai. The people wouldn't come with him, afraid they would die if they drew near to God. "You go find out what God wants and then speak to us and we will listen." So Moses hiked up alone and the first thing God told him on that trip up the mountain was "You should not make gods of silver along side me, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold" (Ex 20:18-23). When Moses came back he told the people all the instructions for them that God had given on the mountain. He described the terms of God's covenant with them and the requirements for worshipful obedience.