Inspector
God’s glory is on tour in the skies, God-craft on exhibit across the horizon. Madame Day holds classes every morning, Professor Night lectures each evening. Their words aren’t heard, their voices aren’t recorded, But their silence fills the earth: unspoken truth is spoken everywhere. These words pour from the first verses of Psalm 19 (The Message) and remind us that God’s handiwork stands up to the strongest scrutiny. All of Psalm 19 is about inspection, beginning first with God’s Creation. The image is then directed...
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It is political season – wait, wait don’t stop reading just because I said political!!! Though I understand why you would. The ins and outs of the races has me thinking again about information and its usefulness. I bet you are wondering about some of the information out there and how useful or true it is as well! We are bombarded by information every day. Some studies say that every day the average American absorbs 6 full newspapers of information. When you compare this with 30 years ago when the average was 2-3 newspaper...
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In John 21 we find a beautiful story about Jesus restoring Peter after his three denials over the time of the crucifixion. What Peter must have been thinking as he swam to shore… I really messed up. What dumb mistakes. How can I ever make it up to Jesus. Of course Jesus doesn’t need Peter to make it up to him, the whole purpose of the Cross was to pay a price we could not pay. With the reverberations of the three denials in his head Jesus asks him three times, do you love me. The Greek words employed by Peter and Jesus say a...
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On Sunday April 20th we looked to the resurrection account of the angel visiting with the woman at the empty tomb. In Matthew 28 we find: 5 The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6 He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. 7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.” In the middle of this exciting and world...
read moreThe Gift – Matthew 25:14-30
How you treat a gift says a lot about how you feel about the giver. Every time I think about this principle my warped mind thinks back to a scene from Wayne’s World where Wayn’e stalker ex-girlfriend gave him a gun rack for his birthday. Mike Myers facial expressions are comedic genius and tell you all you need to know about his feeling for Stacy the stalker ex. Life itself is a gift and how we treat the life we have been given says a lot about our view of God. In Matthew 25:14-30 Jesus...
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