Who knew that the book of Numbers could be so deeply spiritual! Okay, we must admit that God wouldn’t put a book in His holy Word that didn’t have some kind significance for our lives. But all my life I’ve battled with finding the book of Numbers boring. All the lists of people and offerings……
Have you ever thought about joy as a command? There are a lot of commands in Scripture: Don’t steal, don’t lie, don’t commit adultery, don’t worry… And then there is this one: Rejoice always! Besides the command in Deuteronomy that we see 11 times to rejoice, there are over 30 Bible verses that command us…
Keeping your joy and enjoying life is not always very easy. Especially when we’re surrounded by so much negativity. All you have to do is turn on the news, and you’re bombarded with headlines about CorruptionNatural disasterViolenceKillingsWar And if we are not careful to guard our hearts, we will find our joy slowly dissipate until our…
This is a question that is on a lot of people’s minds right now. Are we, as Christians, allowed to criticize the President? And if we are, is there a line that can be crossed? Is God displeased when we criticize the President and if I choose not to criticize him, is that my silent approval?…
Next to Ephesians, Philippians is one of my most favorite books of the Bible! It offers so much encouragement, challenging us to walk in joy and humility and reminding us to keep our minds centered on good things, not negativity and drama. And goodness knows there is a lot of drama in the world right…
The danger we run into as Christians when we read familiar stories of the Bible, like David and Goliath, Jonah and the Whale, Jericho, the men in the fiery furnace, is that we approach those stories much like Goldilocks and the Three Bears…. like a fairy tale, rather than a true story that actually happened…
