“Christianity is radical. You do not want to do that.” This was my husband’s response when I told him I had become a Christian many years ago (see “The Church lady”). It was too late. The Lord had been showing me my sin and therefore, my need for a Savior, for some time. Now, I…
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“I am not afraid to die, I just don’t want to be there when it happens.” These are words my husband used to say as he was battling cancer. The process of death is far more concerning to most of us than the fact that we will leave this life. As Christians, we can…
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It is really hard to think about the sinless Christ suffering as He did for “me.” In a matter of hours He was scourged, beaten, mocked, forced to carry a cross the size of a tree after all that, and ultimately put to death by being nailed to that cross (Mark 15). The cruelty…
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I wasn’t really eavesdropping but neither was I participating in the conversation. One person was trying to illustrate the kind of person another one was without maligning him. The exact words escape me but the gist of it was that he was the kind of guy who would show up at church fellowships or…
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I graduated from High School in 1973 (I can’t believe I’m that old, but it’s true). When I was in the 6th grade in my “Small Town America” school district the “Colored School” and the “White School” integrated. These are not my words but how each one was named at the time when talking…
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Most of us love to love straight from our hearts! We know that God is love (1 John 4:16) and so we understand our need to love as Jesus loved. (However, there are some differing views about just how He loved, a topic for another post.) Interestingly, in Mark 12:30 we are commanded, “And…
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