Posts tagged “Confidence”
What is the real message of Easter?
For over a thousand years, Jewish believers worshiped God on Saturday, also called the Sabbath. But after Jesus rose from the dead, early Christians…
Significant to God
In the days of Jesus, disabled people were hardly viewed as people. They were viewed as a burden on society. They were often forgotten…
Fast learners
Have you ever done a fast? Perhaps you’ve fasted for Lent or for your health or for a medical procedure. Fasting is coming back…
The devil won’t get you
My family was driving through Alabama on our recent spring break trip when a billboard on I-65 suggested: “GO TO CHURCH! Or the Devil…
No matter what
I’ve had this repetitive thought in my mind lately. It’s a question, really. It shows up every time I say “I’m so blessed” in…
Upgraded wardrobe
If you look at a calendar in August or January, you won’t see it like you do other major holidays, but the first day…
Ordinary Christianity
I wonder if the devil loves extraordinary Christianity. By “extraordinary,” I mean those stories you read in Christian books about people who prayed for…
Hope
I hope this horrible situation ends soon. I hope she’ll keep her word. I hope my new job works out. In a perfect world,…
Stop it!
Way before Bob Newhart played Papa Elf in the wildly popular Christmas movie Elf (and I mean way before, like in my childhood), he…
Only Jesus saves
One day a retired pastor told me a sad story. Years earlier, when he had just arrived at a new congregation, he decided to…
Are you ready for creation’s final concert?
Sometimes I think singing isn’t as much a part of our culture as it used to be. The evidence is everywhere. About a month…
Stuffed with wonder
I occasionally substitute teach in my son’s high school, and one of my highlights is reading Fahrenheit 451 with the American Lit. class. I…