religion

Jonah

Jonah 2:8 | Goodness, Kindness, Faithfulness

What does it mean to idly desert God’s mercy? I like to casually read the NIV Bible and recently the words of Jonah, yes the same man swallowed by a sea creature, jumped off the page… Those who cling to worthless idols turn […]

John

John 3:16 | Chat Bot for Jesus

A church in Germany has created some international headlines with an experiment in robotic “blessings”. Below is a video of the creation and how it works. This robot has a touch screen set of buttons where you answer a series of questions […]

Hebrews

Hebrews 12:11 | The Hard Work of Discipline

Discipline is a word that brings up the concept of short term pain for long term gain. No pain; no gain the adage goes. Discipline also brings up the idea of how to correct unruly behavior in children. To spank or not […]

Hebrews

Hebrews 11:13 | And now for the Payoff

I watched a military leader of some stripe promoting a new book he had written called Make Your Bed and he had written it as a wisdom book about being successful in life. His wisdom being that making the bed first thing […]

Easter John

John 21:20 | They Followed Jesus Anyway

The Resurrection of Christ is real and we know it to be legitimate based on the reaction from His followers. Most of the disciples and many of the close associates of Christ died unnatural deaths proclaiming a risen Jesus. If a resurrected […]

Hebrews

Hebrews 9:16 | Why did Jesus Need to Die?

Death is such an ugly business. Especially brutality and murder. Outside of the voyeuristic obsession moviegoers seem to have with death most people push the aging and sick off to the sides of society. Personally, to my good fortune and shame, I […]

Matthew -

Matthew 7:14 | “the Way”

Early on in the life of the Church it was not yet called Christian, Protestant, Catholic, Baptist, Evangelical, Pentecostal, or Reformed. In the Bible it was simply known as “the Way”. Paul wanted to round up the members of the “the Way.” […]

Colossians

Colossians 1:11 | I Hate Patience

Patience is something that most everyone knows they need, but not many want to suffer through. My children are learning patience when they go out to a restaurant and must wait for the food to arrive. I am learning patience in the […]

Psalm

Psalm 22:1 | Jesus the Forsaken

Psalm 22 is a powerful song of suffering and encouragement. The author must have suffered beyond what any normal person might experience or the author may have internalized the witness of someone else who suffered greatly. The introduction from verse one jumps […]