Tag: Hebrews

Pride Is the Chief Cause of Our Woes

I heard an awesome sermon in church last Sunday. There was nothing in the sermon that I didn’t know already. It was a presentation of the Gospel. But somehow it seemed so wonderous and new, like I was hearing it for the first time. Part...

God Won’t Give Up

Last night I climbed into bed early and picked up my Bible to read. I checked my Bible-in-a-year plan to see what was next on my schedule and found that Psalms 119 was next on the list. My first reaction was, “I just read that....

Longing for Home

Vacations can be fun and exciting, relaxing or exhausting, long or short. Before a vacation, I anticipate what I will do on vacation, the places I will go and people I will see. Before my recent vacation to New York, I purchased tickets for a...

Resisting Temptation: The Chainsaw Method

Human beings all face temptations to sin, many of us on a daily basis. It may be a temptation to commit just a “small” sin or it may be the temptation to do something much more egregious. But why is this, where do these temptations come...

Prayers That Please God

Prayer is an important part of the Christian life and is essential to strengthen faith. But often prayer is reduced to a time of bringing our laundry list of wants and needs to God. When one does not then receive the things prayed for, faith...

Faith: the Miracle of the Open-Minded

Christians are often accused of being closed-minded by the world. I suppose this is because we have chosen to believe Jesus is the only way to God. But when you think about it, Christians are probably the most open-minded people in the world. There is a...

Don’t Give Up Meeting Together

This past weekend, my mother-in-law was in town for a visit and stayed the night at our house on Saturday night. On Sunday morning, I woke up and thought to myself about whether I would get up and go to church, or stay at home...

Our Savior Understands Doubt

We had a guest speaker at church yesterday; his name is Jesse Rice. I found what he had to share very interesting. His topic involved comparing the faith of Jesus to our faith. Right off the bat this seems strange because I never thought of Jesus...

Everything Changes, Except God

Change in inevitable in life. Our status changes from single to married; our kids change from babies to toddlers to teens to adults; we change jobs, houses, cars, and pets. Some changes are good and some are not. And different people react differently to changes...

The Empathy of Jesus

This morning I was pondering what I wrote yesterday about empathy versus sympathy. I started wondering if part of the reason for the incarnation was so that God could empathize with us? I know God knows everything, so He always knew what we humans thought...