Last Letter

Last Letter

It is early in the morning as you sit down with pen and paper. Composing on a computer won’t do. You want these words to flow straight from your heart, personalized with your distinct handwriting. The end of your life is near, and you write knowing that you are...
Eternal Certainty

Eternal Certainty

How can you know for sure that you are a true believer? How can you have certainty about your eternal home? These are key questions, and the answers focus on your spiritual growth. Here’s what Peter says in today’s passage.  2 Peter 1:10-11 (NIV) Therefore, my...
Following Hard After Jesus

Following Hard After Jesus

I officiated a memorial service for Lois, a believer who followed hard after Jesus. One word that described her entire life was “service.”  Not long before she died, her daughter-in-law took several of Lois’ great-grandchildren to visit her in a care facility. They...
A Joint Venture

A Joint Venture

I have always appreciated Jerry Bridges and his writing. I love how he explains our joint venture with God using the analogy of a farmer. Farming is a joint venture between God and the farmer. The farmer cannot do what God must do, and God will not do what the farmer...
Challenging and Stretching Times

Challenging and Stretching Times

2 Peter 1:4 …By which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desires. As I write this, God has placed me...