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God Made Known
“Whom you therefore ignorantly worship, Him declare I unto you” (Acts 17:23). This was the point Paul sought to drive home to a distinguished group of hearers. These ones fancied themselves as the brightest and best at human reasoning. They were thinkers and talkers – mostly talkers really. Every new concept or idea intrigued them. […]
The Mantle of the Lord
Elijah the Tishbite is one of the most notable and accomplished prophets of the Old Testament. He appears on the scene seemingly from nowhere in 1Kings 17 to be a severe thorn in the side of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel of the Northern Kingdom and their introduction of Baal worship. Elijah was at the […]
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Good News and Bad
I have good news and bad–First the bad. Angrily driven, my hatred propels me to unprecedented heights of mischief and pain-inflicting. Then, righting my wounded soul by raucous revenge, I hurt that which has so damaged my cause. My deeds are done. My world of entitlement returns for my enjoying. Who cares if my methods […]
Father, Intercessor, Friend of God
Job — it was the book I was told to read first. That’s what Kitty Garcia, a fervent, faithful grandmother, told me as she handed me a fresh Bible. It was modern translation, a paperback paraphrased edition, as I was told after I read through it in a couple weeks. Soon someone would present me […]
An Anatomy of Salvation
What are the conditions for eternal salvation according to the Bible? The verses that come immediately to mind are Ephesians 2:8-9: “For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.” Grace […]
The Orphan and the Lamb
Esther and Job, to me, are perfectly positioned in our Bibles. I consider it no coincidence that they are side by side, for both books say something significant about the nature and presence of evil. In Esther, we read about the conflict external, the battle that goes on around us in the streets, in communities, […]
