Monthly Archives: June 2009

Funny how those disciples could forget so quickly. One day Jesus is allaying their fears about who will be the greatest in Heaven by using the example of a small child to exhibit humility leading to greatness. Just a few … Continue reading →

All of those biblical “begat” lists tie fathers to children with an occasional mother’s name thrown in for good measure. Lineage was important, but the most precious of lineages is the one of that famous Baby born in Bethlehem just … Continue reading →

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around.  But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven … Continue reading →

PRAY TOGETHER: Pray for college students service in Central Asia from June 21 – July 8.

You may be the life of the party or the queen of the hill to the outside world, but the people who live with you know the “real” you, for better or worse. Often we treat the very people we … Continue reading →

Only our God could come up with the minute details of procreation that would allow mankind to reproduce itself. Among the first things He tells Adam and Eve is to be fruitful. He could have created more people from dust … Continue reading →

If a marriage is as the Bible teaches, the husband will have no problem honoring and loving his wife as he does himself, and the wife will have no problem submitting to one who treats her with the same tenderness … Continue reading →