Just to take Him at His word
These words from a hymn sung often in my lifetime have been going through my brain today. "'Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, Just to take Him at His word, Just to rest upon His promise, just to know [...]
My Testimony: Pins and Hymns
How did I become a Christian? I went to Sunday school each week, But never heard the Gospel news, So for God I did not seek. I heard about Creation and Jonah, They were just fables I was taught, Never [...]
"What my husband was trying to say"
We all need help from other people at points in our lives. The writer of Proverbs 11:14 reminds us that "in an abundance of counselors there is safety" (ESV). Many people in business have partners, and that term is now [...]
Let God be true!
"Let God be true though every one were a liar" (Romans 3:4a ESV). The Greek text actually reads, "Let God be found true" (see ASV and others). This was a favorite verse of Witnesses (of the Jehovah kind), and in [...]
“Do” and “Done” religions
How many religions are there in the world? Would you believe two? The truth is, you can categorize every single religion of the world into one of two basic categories. You can strip away all externals -- from minor differences [...]
Our “how much more” God!
Six times in the gospels Jesus uses the term "how much more" to put strong emphasis on a point (six in the ESV and NKJV, five in KJV). And Paul uses it six times too (KJV), so we can say [...]
Plant it and Reap it, or Pop it and Eat it
"Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt" (Genesis 42:2 KJV). The phrase "You can plant it and reap it, or pop it and eat it" is probably one of those catchy phrases that preachers use to keep [...]
Liberty and Sonship
You know all what the Letter to the Galatians is about, and you know the two prominent words — Liberty — "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the [...]
Earnest, heartfelt prayer
"The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working]" (James 5:16b AMP). My wife and I went to pay our respects and farewell an old friend at a funeral service. We knew [...]
No Condemnation, No Separation
These two great statements open and close Romans chapter 8, the well-loved chapter that speaks of a new life in Christ, and between them 18 usages of "spirit" as compared to one in Romans 7. "There is therefore now no [...]