In Seeking & Finding God (Part Two), we go way back in time. Six hundred years before the birth of Christ, the army of Babylon laid siege to Jerusalem. When Jerusalem fell, Babylonian soldiers rampaged through the city, killing, looting, and plundering. Those whose lives were spared faced a life of slavery in a foreign…
Years ago, my wife and I went on a kayak camping trip in Mexico. We started from a little town called Loreto which sits on the Gulf of California in Baja California. After a week of camping on the beach and swimming in salt water, we desperately needed a shower. When we finally got to…
One morning I was reading Psalm 22. I recognized the first verse as something Jesus said on the Cross. As I made that connection, a phrase came to me. In Jesus, the word of God became flesh. My wife Claire walked past me as she was heading out for a walk. I mentioned to her…
Seeing God in one Bible verse. Many verses I read direct my attention to myself. This one directs my attention to God: He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. Ecclesiastes 3:11 NIV I put the…
What is the Gospel message? The word gospel has roots in many languages: Greek, Latin, Middle English and more. Yet they all come down to the hope and promise of Christ. The literal meaning of the word gospel is good message or good news. So the gospel is the good news of Jesus Christ. The…
What’s the easiest way to bring the Bible to life? Easy? Can anything be easy that comes from the Bible? Those pages don’t turn themselves. And they’re heavy, let me tell you. Enough kidding around. I want to bring the Bible to my life and I’m pretty sure you do too. Where do you start? Right…