A Covenant With Sinners

Scripture “It is not the healthy who need the doctor, but the sick. I came to call not the upright, but sinners.”  ~Mark 2:17, NJB Quote I identify most with those Old Testament characters who struggled with their doubts, fears and inward demons. ~Gerald H. Wilson For the record, Gerald H. Wilson is a scholar…

Amazing Love

Scripture Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong… And may you have the power to understand… how wide, how long, how high, and how deep His love is. ~Ephesians 3:17-18, NLT Quote Charity {love} is the soul’s beauty. ~Augustine The very nature of God is a paradox. God is love…

Understanding

Scripture As you do not know how a pregnant woman comes to have a body and a living spirit in her womb, so you do not know the work of God. ~Ecclesiastes 11:5, REB Quote Always assume that you can learn something from everyone you meet. ~Jack Welch Why don’t know it alls know that…

The Immutable Word

Scripture “The grass withers and the flowers fade, but the word of our God stands forever.” ~Isaiah 40:8, NLT Quote The word of God {Bible} is not like any other book. It is the only book that contains life. ~Charles Stanley Hebrews 4:12 states, The word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper…

Totally New

Scripture Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! ~2 Corinthians 5:17, NIV Quote Creation is the work of the Creator, not the creature. ~Ya’akov Are you trying desperately to be a good Christian and getting frustrated in the process? Charles Stanley says, “Be comforted by the fact that…

Parable Of The Minnow

Scripture “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” ~2 Corinthians 12:9, NASB Quote Little faith will bring your souls to heaven, but great faith will bring heaven to your souls. ~Charles H. Spurgeon Spurgeon tells the story of the worried little fish {minnow}. When someone asks the little fish why he…

Seminary

Scripture Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. ~Genesis 32:24, NRSV Quote To be left alone without God is hell; to be left alone with Him is a foretaste of heaven. ~Charles Cowman I looked up the word “Seminary”: it is an institution that trains ministers. I attended Seminary in…

Foul Communication

Scripture A beautiful woman who lacks discretion is like a gold ring in a pig’s snout. ~Proverbs 11:22, NLT Quote You can’t draw fresh water from a salty pool. ~James, the brother of Our LORD I love book stores and I am bad about buying books that are on sale whether I need them or…

Glimmer Or Glory

Scripture “Make eleven curtains of goat-hair cloth to serve as a tent covering for the Tabernacle.” ~Exodus 26:7, NASB Quote We are perishing from lack of wonder {awe} not lack of wonders {breath taking edifices}. ~G.K. Chesterton God gave Moses instructions to build a Tabernacle, a tent for worship. One of the things on my…

Black and White

Scripture There is a way which seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death. ~Proverbs 16:25, NASB Quote To the sophisticated, it seems scandalous to say that everything is black or white, right or wrong with no middle ground. ~Derek Kidner Derek Kidner is an expert when it comes to Wisdom Literature…