This might sound a little...well...silly, but I was reading Hosea 1:4-9, and that made me think. It says, "Then the LORD said to him: "Call his name Jezreel, for in a little while I will avenge the bl...  Read More

How much does it take to get the message in sometimes? And WHY does it take that much? I am reading a passage I have written about before- Daniel 4:19-22. It is in the middle of a longer passage I wil...  Read More

I love Ecclesiastes. I know, I know- not everyone's favorite book. But there is SOOOOO much good stuff in there, and I know I have, over the years, written about quite a lot of it. Here I go again, ba...  Read More

Words can be scary. Getting a bad report from the doctor. Learning that some bill is NOW due and if not, then well.... Hearing that your job is over isn't any fun. Hard discussions with a spouse or so...  Read More

Rough times come to all. As I read through the Book of Isaiah, I realize that he is living in rough times himself. Judah isn't in the best shape, and trouble is brewing all around. How should these pr...  Read More

Well...I am reading in the Book of Jeremiah right now. Much of this book has a sad sound...the people of Israel are a mess, spiritually rebellious, and the nation is on the brink of final judgment. No...  Read More

Galatians 2:20 says "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me a...  Read More

Philippians 2:12-15 says "Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is ...  Read More

I remember preachers and teachers saying, back in days before, that people would fall for, be deceived by ideologies that seemed to make no sense to me. Part of me rebelled at the idea. You mean that ...  Read More

So many Christians are fascinated with the Book of Revelation. Some always have been. It is a pretty cool book...the very idea of a look forward, even if it is a story told with a rich use of symbolic...  Read More

Genesis 4:11-15 shows us an interesting art of human behavior. It says "So now you are cursed from the earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. When you till t...  Read More

Have you ever been in a situation where the issues in front of you just seemed...impossible? If that word is NOT ACCEPTABLE in an honest spiritual discussion, then  how about...."extraordinarily diff...  Read More