Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching, for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck. Proverbs 1:8-9 Fight abortion. Stand firmly for God’s plan for marriage. Expose evil deeds. Fight political injustice. Teach the Bible. All of these honor God. But do not…
Read More…Or Respecting Tolerable Sins For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. Romans 7:18-20 Murder, adultery,…
Read MoreSodom was a bad place. God executed righteous judgment. His messengers had warned Lot that he should go, take his family, and not look back. God was rescuing them from the judgment. I cannot even imagine how difficult it must have been for Lot’s wife to know that the place she had lived, raised…
Read MoreTake no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. Ephesians 5:11 Are there things you fear greatly? Are your responses to everyday difficulty a little over the top? Do you feel “on edge” a lot of the time? Are your children overly sensitive or fearful? Does it often…
Read MoreCome, O children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD. Psalm 34:11 My husband: (holding up a napkin after watching our grandson wipe his face on his sleeve) That’s why we call these sleeves. Me: Did you just wipe your face on your sleeve? Bruce (our grandson):…
Read MoreLet no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. 1 Timothy 4:12 Sitting in a ministry meeting listening to the leaders lament that they were not reaching the young people, I remember thinking, “Should I dye my hair so…
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