Faith is not only a human challenge and responsibility; it is also a gift of the Spirit of God. The human risk of faith includes the willingness to receive God’s precious gift and act on it. And let me tell you, faith is a risk worth taking. Especially when you consider the alternatives. A life […]
The Gift of Hope
The three greatest, most essential gifts of the Holy Spirit are “faith, hope and love.” So the Apostle Paul teaches, and so my own life demonstrates. Whenever I have been hurting for one or more of these gifts of God, my life has been in serious trouble. We may exist without them, but we cannot […]
Be Careful What You Ask For
Ask for Your blessing, And that is what You may give, But only Your blessing. Ask for something from You, And that is what You may give, But only something from You. Those in need of this or that May well get this or that, But only this or that, In Your time and in […]
How to Explain Forgiveness to a Child
It’s a challenge to explain forgiveness to a six-year-old. I recently attempted just that. Fortunately, he was a very bright boy, who really wanted an answer he could grasp and apply. He had difficulty knowing how to forgive himself, and what he had to do in order to receive the forgiveness of God. And so, […]
The Compassion of God
The soul of religion is compassion. God is often said to be compassionate and merciful, gracious and abounding in steadfast love. Without compassion, love does not mean very much in practice. All the great world religions espouse compassion for others as essential for the practice of their respective faiths.
What Jesus Taught in Parables 6: Money
The Bible teaches that money belongs to God. It comes from God, and if God bestows it on us, we are to be good and grateful stewards of what remains God’s wealth, of what we cannot take with us when we return to God. Mind you, though we cannot take wealth with us, we will […]
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