Remembering Memory

A friend once commented that my ability to recall fine details was serving as a curse in my life rather than a blessing. I disagreed immediately and deflected his claim as being way off-target. But these days, some forty years later, I’m beginning to see what he was getting at by that comment. Having a … Continue reading →

Alive Unto God

When I received Christ I died to sin (Romans 6, v.11) and I died to the law (Galatians 2, v.19) but I came alive unto God. That is, I came alive by faith unto a trusting personal relationship with God. I came alive to the potential of moment to moment fellowship within that relationship. (I … Continue reading →

Thoughts on Repentance

Repentance is such a wonderful process and reality! It is a kind of spiritual surgery that it is our privilege to undergo. The Amplified Bible defines and aptly describes repentance as a change of heart and mind for the better resulting in an abhorrence for our past sins and a change of conduct. (See Matthew … Continue reading →

Aaron Stripped

In the Old Testament book of Numbers beginning with verse 24 we read about how the high priest Aaron, Moses’ brother, was forbidden (as his brother Moses would later be) to enter the Promised Land because of the rebellion at the waters of Meribah. The LORD Yahweh commanded that Aaron be stripped of his high … Continue reading →

The Running Argument

There’s a running argument out there in the world that says, “I didn’t ask to be born, nor did I ask to be born with what you may call the nature of a sinner. No, I wasn’t consulted, so kindly leave me alone and I’ll find my own way.” You say, “Leave me alone” but … Continue reading →

The Best Days

What I used to live for it turns out is not what life is really all about. So I cannot honestly say “my best days are behind” if my best days aren’t past then, praise God, at least some of them may still be ahead! And if my best days aren’t past then I may … Continue reading →

A Calmed and Quieted Soul

“But I have calmed and quieted my soul like a weaned child with its mother…” (Psalm 131, v.2) We know that a weaned child is no longer nursing at its mother’s breast. There is a beauty and intimacy about a child nursing at its mother’s breast. At first glance it may seem that that child … Continue reading →

No Chatterbox

“Jesus is always talking” said the teacher and I know what he meant, but I think it is better and more precisely put that Jesus is always communicating with us. For even in silence, He conveys peace. And, after all, He is not what we would call: a chatterbox. Continue reading →

Decorators of the Interior

By and through the discovery and execution of our good works which, for believers, were ordained from before the foundation of the world, we are making our heavenly houses (also called mansions or abodes because we will abide there, as we abide in Christ here, also called dwellings because we dwell) into heavenly homes; piece … Continue reading →

Christophany

In the Old Testament book of Judges chapter 6 Gideon is visited at the wine press by the Angel of the LORD which many to be a pre-incarnate appearance of Jesus the Son of God. The Angel of the LORD would see in Gideon what he didn’t see in himself, “a mighty man of valor” … Continue reading →