I have seen many certifications from underwriters, and diplomas from universities, and licenses to do things ranging from driving to preaching. Most were signed by important leaders in the organization that issued the documents. My license to drive is signed by the governor. I believe that it is rare that the person signing the document knows the person endorsed by […]
The season is changing. When the revolution against our nation ends, we will be moving forward to something different. Either the Marxist revolt will replace our government and culture and we will be the new Cuba or Venezuela, or the counter-revolution will cast off the destroyers and the states will be united in a new way, with new vision and […]
Imagine a tree and a bicycle wheel. The new growth on the tree grows further from roots of the tree every year. Still connected, still gaining nutrition from the roots, the term “branching out” describes the new moving away from the old. It isn’t planned, measured, or intentional. The spokes on the wheel are closer to each other on the […]
Jesus did not say that one who is least in the church is greater than John the Baptist Matthew 11:11
Holy is a word that describes relationship. When Tamar was pretending to be a temple prostitute so that Judah would give her a son (Genesis 38), the word describing her in the conversations between Judah and the locals where he met her could be translated “holy woman.” What the priests in Aaron’s order had written on their head bands was […]
Some people are committed to nothing. Some people are committed to things that promise certain failure. Some people are committed to gambles that might pay off and might cost their lives. It is no gamble to take a chance by committing all you think and say and do to Jesus, your King. If you are taking your life and daily […]
He went through one town and village after another, teaching and making His way to Jerusalem. “Lord,” someone asked Him, “are there few being saved?” He said to them, “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because I tell you, many will try to enter and won’t be able once the homeowner gets up and shuts the door. […]
The next day, when they came down from the mountain, a large crowd met Him. Just then a man from the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg You to look at my son, because he’s my only child. Often a spirit seizes him; suddenly he shrieks, and it throws him into convulsions until he foams at the mouth; wounding him, […]
But where can wisdom be found,and where is understanding located?No man can know its value,since it cannot be found in the land of the living.The ocean depths say, “It’s not in me,”while the sea declares, “I don’t have it.”Gold cannot be exchanged for it,and silver cannot be weighed out for its price.Wisdom cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir,in […]
Jesus has been at work in your family and your city and nation and in your life since a time before you were born. He has been at work in the future that you are to influence with your life since before you were born. Nothing in your life is more important, and few things are more difficult, than discovering […]