Hold fast to what is good. With the help of my youngest son, I cleaned out our gutters (again!) this past Monday. There actually was a time when I did this on my own. But having grown older (and maybe wiser?), I do not do it alone anymore. Being effectively empty nesters, it is…
Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure. As I mentioned in a…
If a man promises you something forever, he is playing with the truth. Nothing is forever. The statement above likely qualifies as proverbial, but it is certainly not from Proverbs. In fact, it is not from scripture at all. It is a quote from a book I recently read (a historical novel, for what…
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.…
Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city. Memories can be tricky and difficult things. Each of us surely has good memories, some of which reach back many years or even decades. Each of us also has bad memories—those recollections of…