Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; sing to his name, for it is pleasant! Each of us likely has questions that we look forward to asking God when we reach eternity. I have often hoped, in fact, that God might have some sort of divine DVR so that we may be able to…

Days Gone By (part 3 of 3) 1 John 2:7-17 Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard. At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is…

Days Gone By (part 2 of 3) 1 John 2:1-11 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but…

Days Gone By (part 1 of 3) 1 John 2:1-6 The old apostle shuffled slowly over to the fire. It was winter in Ephesus, and he was cold. “Not unusual for someone in his ninth decade,” he smiled to himself. A cup of hot tea would warm his hands, and likely knock the edge off…

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven. Time is a constant in our lives. We live with it every day. We live under its pressure every day. It is impossible for us to escape. We quite literally are born into it, so much so that it even defines…