Love Much! Are you like the sinful woman crying at Jesus’s feet, clinging to him for mercy? Am I? Do we know how desperate we are for… Continue Reading
Set Aside your Best Gift for a Better Love “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us” (John 1:14). Last night some dear friends took Kristi and I to a Christmas concert… Continue Reading
Speaking the Truth in Love Conflict. It’s inevitable in marriage and our other close relationships. When you love someone you’ll have misunderstandings, disagreements, and hurt feelings in that relationship. This… Continue Reading
The Power to be Kind to Difficult People Most days we find ourselves up close to someone we’d rather not deal with. (And often it’s a family member or friend!) Perhaps the person… Continue Reading
The Pastor of the Grocery Store A young man named Johnny had Downs Syndrome and worked as a grocery store bagger. He didn’t feel that he had much to offer other… Continue Reading
The Love You Long For If you were asked, “What is love?” How would you answer? Most people define love by expressions of care or generosity, which are essential to… Continue Reading
The Advent of Your God-Dream Advent means “come.” At Christmastime we celebrate the miracle birth of “Immanuel,” God come to be with us. Jesus Christ was born to the virgin… Continue Reading
One Anothers in Scripture There are 56 One Anothers in the New Testament of the Bible. Each expresses a different aspect of Jesus’ command to “love one another.” They… Continue Reading
Chew your Cud on God’s Word To meditate on God’s Word is to be like a cow chewing it’s cud. As it lays in the field and as it stands or… Continue Reading
“The Little Way” of Service Serving other people doesn’t usually win you any awards, but it is the way of Jesus Christ and his followers. Serving people as unto Christ… Continue Reading