[Usual disclaimer for this Series: when it comes to prayer, it’s not about the words, not about one’s mouth but rather one’s heart. I.e., God’s not interested in verbal regurgitations… but if one truly believes and lives by the words uttered, having several quick prayers I can say to the Lord in a matter of […]
As you know, the nation has seen an alarming (humanly speaking) (not for those of us who are aware of God’s utter sovereignty) rise in crime for the past two years and the past one in particular. Today it was a mass shooting in a Brooklyn subway car in our biggest city. Sad, senseless, and […]
As referenced in past posts, I currently live by an airport. Three thoughts about this. The first one is that I don’t just live by an airport but directly in one of its two take-off routes such that half of all flights each day fly right over my home. My hi-rise home… meaning the airplanes, […]
This has been quite a week for sports fans: Monday saw the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament (“March Madness”) wrap up with a thrilling, two-heavyweights, down-to-the-wire Championship, and today provided as entertaining and impressive a day of golf as I’ve ever seen, at the finale of The Masters. Lots and lots of unusual things I’ve never […]
As the current pandemic of the past two years looks like it’s ebbing to an actual end, my deepest desire and most passionate prayer would be for the masses here in the U.S. and around the globe to realize that even far, far, far, far, far, far more deadly and long-lasting than COVID is the […]
A few posts ago I mentioned March Madness, the annual college basketball tournament which has long been a springtime classic for sports and especially b-ball fans; it just completed and here are some observations and takeaways and, believe it or not, spiritual/biblical parallels or illustrations or lessons. The referees definitely have a job to do… […]
The Bible is filled with blessings and warnings, with encouragements and exhortations. It covers the entire spectrum of life: literally anything one could come across or encounter, the Bible has an application for that! It has a principle (at least one, often multiple) that’ll deal with and inform a person how to best proceed in […]
How many times yesterday did you actively and specifically even think about the Lord’s return to take us home to heaven? How about the day before that? How about last week? Last month? (Gulp…) Last year? I’m embarrassed to say that a long time ago I actually went months without being able to say for […]
For those of you who play chess, have you ever marched a pawn all the way to the end of the board and turned it into a second queen? TWO QUEENS. Practically UNBEATABLE. That’s exactly how it is in the Christian life! When one wears “the full armor of God” including “the sword of the […]
“Same as it ever was.” I remember that specific phrase from some pop song (I think from the 80’s). I’ll get back to that in a minute but first, a question: when’s the last time you gave thanks specifically for, say, living in a free country? Our founding fathers’ generation and the first few to […]