While I was in Charleston, South Carolina for a long weekend with the granddaughters, we joined with over 2,000 walkers to support Water Missions International in their mission of providing fresh water systems in the poverty-stricken areas of the world. At the registration area, walkers picked up empty buckets – symbolizing daily routine of millions of people who…
Tag: Bible
Welcome Spring
Let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Hebrews 10:24 Sightings of spring and the promise of more to come.
Give Thanks
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. Let the redeemed of the LORD say this— Psalm 107: 1-2a (NIV)
Amazing Love – The Legacy of Charles Wesley
Whether it is “blue jean” contemporary services, traditional church services with pipe organs, or an informal worship gathering under trees in a small African village, the words that Charles Wesley wrote in the 1700s are still being sung by and impacting Christians worldwide. Charles Wesley is often considered less well known than his older brother, John. However both Wesley…
Wisdom
But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness. James 3: 17-18 (NIV)
But God…
Last Sunday in the study of Ephesians, the pastor discussed the “but God” moments of life—those times when God intervenes through circumstances or people to save us and grow us in our walk with Christ. In his commentary on Ephesians, James Montgomery Boice remarks, “Those two words, in and of themselves, in a sense contain the whole of…
Growing in Knowledge
In Ephesians 1:17, Paul talks about growing in the knowledge of God … “that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him”… (NKJV). The New Living Translation paraphrases the verse as “to give you spiritual wisdom and insight so…
Renewing the Mind
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will. (NIV)
Theology Trumps Biology
“Theology trumps biology.” This was one of the points made our pastor, Beau Eckart, during Sunday’s sermon on Ephesians 1: 1-14. Our theology must be based on truth rather than how we are feeling on a particular day. The letter to the Ephesians begins with a listing of our spiritual blessings in Christ. In verse…
Accepted in the Beloved
The Apostle Paul’s letter to the Ephesians begins with a list of our spiritual blessings in Christ. As I was reading them, I was struck by verse 6 in Chapter 1 where he says, “to the praise and glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved (NKJV).” To be “accepted…
A New Year and New Commitment
I join many other people in using today to consider the past year and thinking about the upcoming year. Last year was filled with the joy of two granddaughters and the fun of having an adult son living at home, in addition to the usual activities of going to work each day and caring for family. Each year,…
Nature and Life Notes 