Jesus Christ paid a most undeserved price to purchase our redemption. “The wages of sin is death (Rom. 3:23),”is clear from Scripture, and Jesus paid those wages above and beyond what anyone could ever expect. The agonizing death of the cross, and all that preceded Jesus being hung on the cross are exaggerated testimony of… Read More »

The Christian life has a built in tension between urgency and patience. Paul’s advice to singles illustrates the urgency perspective. He advised the Church at Corinth that staying single would allow one to bear more fruit for the Kingdom of God in the short term. This was necessary due to an anticipation of the Lord’s… Read More »

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you; He is just and having salvation, Lowly and riding on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey. (Zechariah 9:9, nkj) The Palm Sunday crowd was absolutely correct to praise Jesus Christ as King. Jesus proved… Read More »

The most appreciated breath of air is the one taken after an extended period of holding one’s breath. Seeing how long one can hold one’s breath often begins in childhood while learning to swim. In childhood everything translates into a competition. Children compete to see who can hold their breath the longest while staying under… Read More »

Has anyone reminded you lately of how much God loves you? Gifts are often given as tokens of love. Every time a Christmas present is opened, gifts are discovered inside the packages that shout I love you to the receiver of the gift. Engagement rings are given to fiancés on proposal night. They are usually… Read More »

Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy, … (Psalm 107:1-2, NKJV) People who have been rescued from deadly danger are relatively few. Therefore, the depth of thankfulness felt and… Read More »

Expressing puppy love for a sweetheart was very difficult as a child. Whether or not the love was expressed hinged on determining whether the one loved actually loved in return. Often the very high-tech super scientific method of picking petals from a flower while chanting, “(s)he loves me, (s)he loves me not,” was put into… Read More »

 Things change when expectations of a return get close.  Houses have received more cumulative cleaning in the last few hours before a Mommy or Daddy’s return than all other cleaning times combined.  Work efficiency increases dramatically in hours immediately preceding the big boss, inspector or owner’s scheduled arrival.  Children often receive much more enthusiastic lessons… Read More »

There are so many wonderful things to emphasize during the Christmas season.  The wise men with their royal gifts, the appearance of angels announcing Christ’s birth to the shepherd’s, Elizabeth’s conception with John the Baptist at an elderly age, a carpenter engaged to a virgin, and etc.  One of the joys of Christmas is being… Read More »

Christians are the busiest of all people.  We often get so busy that we miss the most important thing, the opportunity to see God.  We see the lesson we are studying or teaching, we see the building we are maintaining, we see the preacher preaching, we see the musicians singing, but we do not take… Read More »