Hello once again, dear follower of him who is The Way. Today I pause to look both backward and forward on the spectrum of my life. I hope that as I reflect upon my life to date and how our heavenly Father has graciously worked with me, you will in some way identify with me, think about how He has …
The Future Is as Bright as the Promises of God
Greetings once again, “gentle reader.” Where on earth did that phrase come from? Are all readers gentle? Was Attila the Hun illiterate? Has Dennis Rodman never owned a library card? OK, I’ll get back to reality. Actually, that’s what I’m trying to do each day, and it is God’s Reality I seek. I made that a capital “R” because there …
Speaking Up Truthfully
If you want to do a very practical biblical study, look at the words “one another” in Acts and the Church Epistles. You will find about 40 associated verbs, most of them imperative. There are many things you and I are commanded by God to be, think, do and say to our brethren in the Lord. In these relational attitudes …
Seek an Occasion to Obey
God bless you, fellow sower of the good seed. Here we are once again—on the edge. As I begin this, my third “On The Edge” column, I wonder how many readers have decoupaged the first two and have them mounted prominently in their homes. Hey, I’m just kidding. A scrapbook is fine. Actually, I get a real kick out of …
Naked and Unashamed, Full of Grace and Truth
HO! HO! HO! I started with that because it’s the Christmas season, and Santa is one of the few clauses not in this column. Yes, it’s the last month of the year, and time for another session On The Edge. I sure do love the challenge of choosing and assembling the small clusters of letters we know as “words” into …
Magnifying God’s Love For You
Hey, here we are again on the edge, so we had best read the theme verses for this column. 1 Peter 5:6–8 (6) Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, [so] that he may lift you up in due time. (7) Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. (8) Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the …
Love for the Sake of Loving
Hello there, fellow contender for the faith. May the richness of our heavenly Father’s love, grace and mercy flood your life this day and every tomorrow. Greetings and much love to you, wherever you are. My contending for the faith has, during my present sabbatical, taken on a much different look. Rather than the focus of my life being to …
What Does the Bible Say About Homosexuality? Is It a Sin?
On June 26, 2015, the United States Supreme Court, by a vote of 5-4, issued a disappointing decision that now imposes homosexual marriage on all 50 states. The Court surprisingly rejected the societal understanding of marriage that goes back to the dawn of civilization. The decision of five unelected judges trampled the democratic process by overturning the will of more than …
Living Life on the Edge
Words are awesome, aren’t they? What a great idea God had, and how I long to do justice to the linguistic ability He gave us humans by becoming more articulate and more precise in my communication and stuff, like, you know. Of course, the world is designed to distort our usage of words. People are often too vague, like the …
Living In the Yes
Make the Choice to Rejoice Do you think that people who know you would describe you as a joyful person? I guess you could answer that question by thinking about what joy is and whether or not you show it. I assert that laughter is a sound of joy, so another way to measure your joy is by how much …