For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good for them. But you will not always have me. Mark 14:7 My Christian neighbor had come home from her work at the local welfare office and was furiously sweeping her front porch. When I asked her if…
Read MoreFor the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them. Proverbs 1:32 No one can do everything. Everyone can do something. I had been experiencing a seemingly unproductive day. Bible study, a walk, phone calls, emails, and social media (and eating, of course). None of these seem…
Read More… because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9 I recently talked to a woman who has very clear ideas about who she believes Jesus “was.” She was surprised when I suggested that…
Read MoreAnd let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9 She is not weary from doing good, she is weary from arguing with other Christians about the “good” she does. She and her husband are abolitionists.…
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