Today’s Truth
“Suddenly a great company of heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, ‘Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests’” (Luke 2:13-14 NIV)
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When my son was four-years-old, I overheard him singing “O Holy Night” in his best vibrato voice. Read more…
December 16, 2009
1 Corinthians 13 Christmas Style
Today’s Truth
“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love” (1 Corinthians 13:13 NIV).
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With Christmas just around the corner, it is easy to get so busy with the cooking, Read more…
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Today I want to share with you a story that I wrote a few years ago. In it, I tried to imagine what it would have been like to be one of the shepherds that visited Jesus the first Christmas night. For just a moment, I want you to pretend that you are reading a letter that one of the shepherds wrote to his brother, Read more…
Today’s Truth
“I will praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well” (Psalm 139:13, 14 NIV).
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Myra was a woman battered and scarred from severe arthritis. Her legs were held captive in a wheelchair, but her soul was forever free. With one pencil in each crippled hand, Read more…
Today’s Truth
“Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as in fact you are doing” (I Thessalonians 5:11 NIV).
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We are shaped by words from those who love us or refuse to love us. And we are shaped by the words of those who don’t even know our names. Read more…
Today’s Truth
“Life and death are in the power of the tongue” (Proverbs 18:21NIV).
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I’ve always been amazed at the power restrained in a tiny atom too small to be seen by the naked eye. Fission, (splitting the tiny nucleus of an atom), or fusion, (joining nuclei together), have the potential to generate enough power to provide energy for an entire city or enough destructive potential to level an entire town. Read more…
Today’s Truth
“With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters [and girlfriends] this should not be” (James 3:9-10 TNIV).
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Catherine and I set out for a lazy summer stroll through the neighborhood just before the fireflies emerged to celebrate the setting of the sun. Read more…
Today’s Truth
“Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.” (Jeremiah 33:3 NIV)
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One Saturday night, my family hunkered down on the den sofa with an oversized bowl of popcorn, tall glasses of soda, and an action-packed vide Raider’s of the Lost Ark, Read more…
Today’s Truth
“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart” (Jeremiah 29:13 NIV).
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God promised, “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart” (Jeremiah 29:13). This is more than a casual glance before heading off to work or to the carpool in the morning. Read more…
Today’s Truth
“God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble” (James 4:6 NIV).
Friend to Friend In the Old Testament, there is an interesting account of two kings, two sins, two convictions, and two responses. What makes it interesting is that one king’s sin doesn’t seem so bad, but his kingdom was taken away, Read more…