Revenge/Vengeance
“ ‘Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord’ (Romans 12:19). Vengeance is perfect and righteous judgment, which only God is...
Worship (and Renewal)
“Just as man's failure to worship God led to his downfall (Romans 1:20–25), so now true worship is the first expression of mankind's...
Boat (Being in it)
“The image of Christ and His disciples in a boat is traditionally used to illustrate the Church. God both permits storms and delivers us...
Division
“ ‘Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, but rather division. For from now on five in one house will...
Respond/Responding
“ ‘And we labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure’ (1 Corinthians 4:12). The apostles...
Overcoming
“It is interesting to note how many artists have had physical problems to overcome, deformities, lameness, terrible loneliness. Could...
Self-Reliance
“This unique reality that constitutes our true self, is, in its most foundational aspect, a gift. We never “create ourselves”…We are not...
Sin and Sins
“Then Jesus said to them again, “I am going away, and you will seek Me, and will die in your sin (John 8:21); “Therefore I said to you...
Resistance
“ ‘and no one, having drunk old wine, immediately desires new; for he says, ‘The old is better’ (Luke 5:39). This saying occurs only in...
Drawing Near to God
“We all have a general calling, which is to draw closer and closer to the Lord…” (Edith M. Humphrey) “God the Father loves humankind no...
