Bad things happen when we question God’s love in our lives. The Book of Malachi begins with God’s people questioning God’s goodness. . . “I have always loved you,” says the Lord. But you retort, “Really? How have you loved us?” (1:2-3, NLT) We build expectations of what God should be doing in our lives and […]
Walking through a graveyard in Scotland, I read this inscription on a tombstone: CATHARINE MACKINTOSH who died January 15th 1891 PSALM 31st 5th VERSE I couldn’t recall from memory Psalm 31:5, so I looked it up. . . Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth (KJV). My impressions
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He controls the course of world events; he removes kings and sets up other kings. He gives wisdom to the wise (Daniel 2:21, NLT). In the Concord Hymn by Ralph Waldo Emerson, he writes the phrase “the shot heard around the world.” Emerson was describing the opening shots of the Revolutionary War fired in Lexington
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Decades past, I had a conversation with a lawyer litigating a wrongful death lawsuit of an elderly man. He told me that the opposing counsel, trying to limit the financial settlement, had said . . . He was an older man; his life expectancy was only a few years! To which my lawyer friend responded
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This Interruption is the last segment of the Grant and Barbara in Scotland adventure series! We are traveling home today. I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed on to me. Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said. He was buried, and he was raised
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Note: Many have requested that I put Interruptions in audio form, but there are constraints of time, recording, and editing. For the past month, I’ve been practicing how to have AI read Interruptions. If this works, I will be able to place more blogs in an audio format. But I need your help. Below is
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This letter is from Paul, a prisoner for preaching the Good News about Christ Jesus, and from our brother Timothy. I am writing to Philemon, our beloved co-worker (Philemon 1-2, NLT). The Book of Philemon is short, tabulating at only 335 words in the Greek. It’s written to a close friend of the Apostle Paul.
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May the nations be glad and sing for joy (Psalm 67:4, NIV). Psalm 67 is the “all nations” or “all peoples” psalm. Most of the verses in this psalm use one of these words. God’s purposes include “all nations” or “all peoples.” God promised Abraham . . . All peoples on earth will be blessed
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This Interruption is part of the Grant and Barbara now in Scotland adventure series! Let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but if there is any good word for edification according to the need of the moment, say that, so that it will give grace to those who hear (Ephesians 4:29). HHHHMMMHHM . . . the Bible clearly says that our conversations
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This Interruption is part of the Grant and Barbara now in Scotland adventure series! My wife and I have been traveling in Scotland. We are now in Glasgow today, having just spent five days in Edinburgh. Today’s Interruption has two unique features. First, it doesn’t contain a quote from Scripture (I promise that I have
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