Those of us who follow Jesus Christ today do so by faith as we learn about Him from the Bible. It might have been easier to follow Jesus in His actual presence, but I don’t think so. Nothing about the disciples suggests they had any advantage over us. Nor did any of the people who […]
God is not like that.
We frequent a hard-to-find restaurant because the food is good and their portions are generous. Especially their soft-serve ice cream . . . except for one time. A new employee hadn’t reset the temperature after refilling the machine, and the ice cream was all mush. We smiled, laughed with them at the runny ice cream, […]
While there is yet time.
When you strike a match to light thirty candles, you focus on the match, not the candles. Matches burn quickly and fingers feel pain. When you’re on vacation for a week, Monday is relaxed, Thursday is purposeful, and Saturday is too late — you’re packing for home. If you’re given six weeks to live, every […]
What would Jesus say if He sat down next to me?*
“I’m nothing like Jesus,” Larry asserted. “I’m not even close to being like Him.” “You’re closer than you think, Larry. I can see Jesus in your life! You think about Him, you act on your convictions, you talk about Him to your friends and neighbors, and you demonstrated Him to me when I was just […]
Seven takeaways from D. L. Moody* on responding to an inspiring spiritual experience.
1. Pray for one another, but don’t bind yourselves to do it every day until death. Doing so will only burden your conscience and make an irksome duty out of what should be a delightful privilege. 2. Don’t go away and talk more about the experience than about Christ; the world needs Him. 3. Every place […]
