“This is the best book you’ll ever read! You will love it!” my friend said as she handed me the latest novel on the top ten best-seller list. So I turned to page 59 and read the second paragraph—five times. “You’ve got to go see this movie! It’s soooooo good!” she said to me on […]
“One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do.” Some of you are thinking, “What does that mean?” Others, “Now, where have I heard that?” Some of you are grimacing, “Huh?” And a few of my contemporaries are smiling, “Yes! Three Dog Night from 1969, a very good year!” By the way, in Eskimo jargon, […]
God gives us sneak peeks into heaven throughout Scripture. One of those can be found in Isaiah 55:12. “You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands” (NIV). I have experienced God’s joy […]
Think about this. People die every day on this planet and go straight to hell “where the fire never goes out” (Mark 9:43). Underline and highlight “never” in your Bible. Never means never. Understand this: hell is completely void of all hope. There is none—ever. Only hopelessness and despair forever. Now think about this. Someone […]
What is God like? No, really. Who is the One True God? Can my pea-brain truly comprehend the magnitude and majesty of God? The Bible gives us many descriptions of the holiness, beauty, characteristics, and attributes of God. I love what the prophet Amos has to say recorded in Amos 4:13. “He who forms the […]
Recently as I was cleaning out a dresser drawer, I found a plain dingy white handkerchief neatly folded in the back corner. As I lifted it from its abode of many years, I felt a small lump in the center of the fold. For the life of me, I could not remember what I had […]