The Invisible Shepherd

The Invisible Shepherd

Share    I was meditating on John 10:1-10 “I am the good shepherd.”  Part of the passage goes like this, “I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and...
The Elephant in the Room

The Elephant in the Room

Share .”The elephant in the room” of the modern evangelical church is this: in spite of sincere efforts to convert the culture to our side, we’ve managed to alienate most of it, including a sizable number of our children, friends, and neighbors. At the...
The Value of Hope

The Value of Hope

Share “Everything that is done in this world is done by hope.”  Martin Luther On a certain day each week, the convenience store in my neighborhood has a line stretching almost out the door as the lottery tickets go on sale.  Never mind that the chances of...
Know Your Story

Know Your Story

Share Self-study is hard. It’s difficult to see ourselves objectively. We need God’s help and that of those around us. But once we understand who we truly are in God’s eyes, then we can cope with everything else. We see this in the lives of two of the...
Bearing Witness

Bearing Witness

Share Don’t just sit there, do something! God did not rest on the seventh day because He needed a nap, but because He wanted us to continue His work of creation. God did not put us here to rest but to work. Before Jesus left, He commanded His disciples to...