The Widow’s Mite
The way to overcome perfectionism is to be willing to do the next thing at hand and do it well. This passage expresses that attitude: "Do whatever your hand finds to do, for God is with you" (I Sam. 10:7). [...]
Big words and little words
Now that we have completed our birds-eye view of the Bible, it is time to get to the actual text. In a previous article I counselled you to just read what is written, like you would any other book. Here [...]
Just Pedal!
At first I saw God as my observer, my judge, keeping track of the things I did wrong, so as to know whether I merited heaven or hell when I die. He was out there sort of like a president. [...]
The young church in action
To finish our birds-eye tour of the Bible, we need to look at one final book, The Acts of the Apostles, as it is titled in our English Bibles. Actually it is mostly about two apostles: Peter and Paul. Our [...]
The Divine Yes
"The divine 'yes' has at last sounded in him, for in him is the 'yes' that affirms all the promises of God." (II Corinthians 1:19-20 Moffatt) Jesus is the Yes -- the divine Yes. A great many people today would [...]
The training of the twelve
We continue our series of explorations on "Enjoying your Bible" (see "A steady stream of words" for the previous article). Let's now look at the four Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Since no gospel has our "address on the [...]
When you read the bible through
I supposed I knew my Bible, Reading piecemeal, hit or miss, Now a bit of John or Matthew, Now a snatch of Genesis, Certain chapter of Isaiah, Certain Psalms (the twenty-third), Twelfth of Romans, First of Proverbs — Yes, I [...]
A steady stream of words
As we continue our exploration on enjoying the Bible, in our last teaching I made the point that some scripture is written directly to the church age in which we live, as shown by "the address on the envelope," but [...]
The address on the envelope
When I started work I was an "office boy," now known as a P.A., personal assistant. I picked up the mail at the post office in the morning, and in those days most of the letters were addressed to "The [...]
Football and Christ
There are believers in whose lives football has taken the place of Christ. With others, it is money that has taken the place of Christ. They no longer come to church meetings regularly, so those of us who do come [...]