I’ve heard a lot of hysterical rhetoric about terrorists exploiting the Syrian refugee crisis to enter our country and do what terrorists do. Maybe it’s true. Maybe there will be a problem with it down the road. I realize that it doesn’t take many crazed radicals to do a lot of damage. We’ve seen …
Find out what God is doing and do it with him
The Son can nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees the Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. John 5:19 Before leaving the States, Larry told us to pack some old shoes for our soggy hike through Hezekiah’s Tunnel in Jerusalem. (Google it for info and photos of …
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How to Pray About Terrorism the Jesus Way
It’s later and worser (sic) than it’s ever been before! Later is a no-brainer, “worser” is a matter of perspective I suppose. Thankfully, “Though sin is shown to be wide and deep, thank God his grace is wider and deeper still!” (Romans 5:20) When things get really bad in a culture God often inspires his …
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Whose Will Be Done?
I know, O Lord, that a man’s life is not his own; it is not for a man to direct his steps. Jeremiah 10:23 A man’s steps are directed by the Lord. How then can anyone understand his own way? Proverbs 20:24 Calling ourselves “followers of Jesus” implies he’s going somewhere and we’re going the …
Cemented in Flexibility
I made more mistakes this year than I planned on. I take into account a “margin of error” when on the precipice of a new year. It took me decades to come to this, since in my youth I assumed I could ace every test that God gave me and go undefeated in every battle …
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