April 2019 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the […]
Read More...First published in 2016 When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals there with fish on it, and some bread. Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish you have just caught.” So Simon Peter climbed back into the boat and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but […]
Read More...Excerpt from my book, A Battle Against Stigma I find it easiest to be myself and to be close to those who are strong believers. It’s important to me to have a friendship in whom God has an active part. My most intimate conversations are those that include Jesus. I’m learning to see that more […]
Read More...April 2019 Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see. Hebrews 11:1 NLT In your mind you know there is a God. You’ve read about him and heard people tell about him. And yet you cannot truly sense his reality. There must be more. Jonathan […]
Read More...May 2018 In all their distress he too was distressed, and the angel of his presence saved them. In his love and mercy he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old. Isaiah 63:9 Why did Isaiah refer to Jesus as a “man of sorrows?” (Isaiah 53:3) […]
Read More...There was a long time when I did not take Satan seriously. Why worry? I thought that if I kept my eyes fixed on Jesus alone, I would be able to ignore what’s evil. It wouldn’t touch me. In later years I came to see my mistake. I came to see how naïve I’d […]
Read More...The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of Man appeared was to destroy the devil’s work. 1 John 3:8 I don’t often talk about the devil here. We do hear about him during sermons sometimes, but […]
Read More...When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” Luke 19:5 Do you have a difficult person in your life? Or – could you yourself be regarded as a difficult person? I myself live with mental health issues that […]
Read More...He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:8 Who hasn’t at times been drawn onto the bandwagon to join with others in what is popular? Popular things to […]
Read More...If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:8-9 Have you ever heard a statement in church saying that once […]
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