One day soon after [healing a man] Jesus went up on a mountain to pray, and he prayed to God all night. At daybreak he called together all of his disciples and chose twelve of them to be apostles. —Luke 6:12-13 (NLT)Right from the start, Jesus attracted a lot of attention. He said provocative ... Continue reading
A new normal
January 26, 2011 By 2 Comments
Not everyone always gets 100 percent restoration. But we help them to get to a new normal. — Carl Josehart, CEO of TIRR Memorial Hermann rehab hospital speaking about Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' road to recovery. Arizona Daily Star, January 23, 2011. There is no way to predict the changes ... Continue reading
The demands of the cross
August 4, 2010 By 2 Comments
If anyone wants to follow in my footsteps, he must give up all right to himself, carry his cross every day and keep close behind me. — Luke 9:23, JB Phillips To endure the cross is not a tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ. When it comes, it is ... Continue reading
Mark Daniels: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10
October 17, 2005 By
Mark Daniels has written a nice post on the importance of daily Bible reading at Better Living. The moment you turn from sin and believe in Jesus Christ, you are part of God’s kingdom. But growing up in the faith, living in the confidence that God willingly gives His children, being able to face ... Continue reading
Grace is for life
July 4, 2004 By 6 Comments
One specific errant concept has done inestimable harm to the church and God's purposes with us—and that is the concept that has restricted the Christian idea of salvation to mere forgiveness of sins. Yet it is so much more. Salvation as conceived today is far removed from what it was in the ... Continue reading
The Thinker
May 18, 2004 By 1 Comment
Later, as Jesus left the town, he saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at his tax-collection booth. "Come, be my disciple!" Jesus said to him. So Levi got up, left everything, and followed him. —Luke 5:27,28, NLT If we are to follow Jesus we must take certain definite steps. The first step, which ... Continue reading
