Failure only counts if it’s the last time you try. Scripture tells us that we are to practice all the truthful things we are thinking, where practice means to press through to the other side. It’s the same idea when … Continue reading
“Faith without works is dead.” I don’t know how many times I’ve seen this verse misused for doing something the Bible says to do. It’s as if doing something is better than doing nothing. Maybe, maybe not. Romans 14:23 states … Continue reading
How’s that working for you? As I’ve been reading through the book of Kings, the Lord brought back to mind a phrase He gave me years ago, “How’s that working for you?” The Northern Kingdom went through king after king … Continue reading
Another name for idolatry is God in a box – yours! God told Manoah, Sampson’s dad, that His name was “beyond understanding” (Judges 13:18). Manoah wanted a God he could wrap his head around. This kind of thinking, however, is … Continue reading
Fall seven times stand up eight. “Fort Negey was a complex constructed as a multi-tiered defensive fortification,” read the sign at this Civil War Monument in Nashville, Tennessee. After the city of Nashville surrendered to the Union Army, this fort … Continue reading