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“The act of prayer teaches us our unworthiness, which is a very salutary lesson for such proud beings as we are. If God gave us favours without constraining us to …
Read More” “What is it,” asked the teacher, “that makes a story good or bad, happy or sad? What if I told you the story of a man hated by …
Read MoreThe Thanksgiving/ Joy Connection
Friday, October 9, 2026
“Thanksgiving has to be one of the best American holidays ever. But do you know that Thanksgiving actually comes from the Biblical Feast of …
Read MoreMorning
“Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.”Luke 5:4
“We learn from this narrative, the necessity of human agency. The draught of fishes was miraculous, …
Read More“When it comes to his own portrait, Christ paints it under the shadow of the cross, with the browns and grays and blacks of realism. No frame. No fame. …
Read MoreGod made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. — 2 Corinthians 5:21
Sin is a fundamental …
Read MoreThe Gideon Probabilities
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
In the story of Gideon, God tells Gideon that he has too many soldiers to go into battle. I can imagine Gideon thinking, “God, can …
Read More“Sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned. — Romans 5:12
The Bible doesn’t say …
Read More“I was sitting in his study by his desk when he showed me an ancient coin. “What do you see on it?” asked the teacher.
“A man standing …
Read More“Angels are the unseen attendants of the saints of God; they bear us up in their hands, lest we dash our foot against a stone. Loyalty to their Lord leads …
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