God is good, all the time, He is God. What a wonderful refrain. It is the reality of a entering into a relationship with the gracious and merciful Heavenly Father, which ultimately make the troubles of this world grow strangely dim. Jesus Christ spoke of the hardships that would follow His disciples as they preached … Continue reading Rewards
9/11 Remembered
10 years ago I was living in Tustin, California. I just woke up, turned on the television to footage of smoke billowing out of the World Trade Center twin towers in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. More news flashes came only to reveal another plane had crashed into the Pentagon. … Continue reading 9/11 Remembered
Lost and Found
“Follow Me,” were words that perhaps Matthew the tax collector would have never expected to come in a conversation with a Jewish Rabbi. Matthew collected taxes for Herod, charging duty on goods brought into the city of Capernaum. Since the taxman was responsible to cover any shortfalls, he had to be merciless in collections. It … Continue reading Lost and Found
The Faith
There is a crossroads that we all come. Not the one that Robert Johnson sung about but the place where we must make decisions with eternal consequences. We hear the proclamation of the gospel. We hear Christ say, “Follow me.” The call is for a faith of reckless abandonment. “When Christ calls a man,” wrote … Continue reading The Faith
Restoration
As I’m reading through Matthew 8, I find there three miracles of Christ grouped together—the healing of a leper (vv.1-4), the healing of a centurion’s servant (vv.5-13), and the healing of Peter’s mother-in-law and the exorcism of multitudes (vv. 14-17). These passages represent the goodness and restoration associated with the ministry of Israel’s long awaited … Continue reading Restoration
