“What if, after you die, there’s nothing?” I asked.
He was one of the godliest men I’d ever met. We often talked about religious subjects. With him, I could ...
Don’t just say to each other, “We’re safe, for we are descendants of Abraham.” That means nothing, for I tell you, God can create children of Abraham from these...
You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Matthew 7:16 NLT
I remember ...
“What is truth?” Pilate asked. Then he went out again to the people and told them, “He is not guilty of any crime.” John 18:38 NLT
Beauty may be in the eye o...
Matthew 7:21-29
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German theologian, was aware of the deception and delusion of his church tradition. He described their teaching as “ch...
Matthew 7:15-20
“If you are going to place poison on a shelf where you have healing medicines, you had better label it clearly.”
Life is full of warnings....
Matthew 7:13, 14
Our lives are filled with decisions. Choices come on a regular basis. But the decision to follow or not to follow Jesus is the most importan...
Matthew 7:7-12
An ancient rabbinic tale tells of how the spot for a temple was selected. Two brothers lived on adjacent farms, worked the fields, and divided...
Matthew 7:1-5
Psychologists tell us we use defense mechanisms to defend ourselves. One of them is projection or attributing to others the undesirable charact...
Matthew 6:25-34
A reporter once visited a widow who had raised six children and had adopted six more. He asked the woman how she had been able to this by her...
Matthew 6:19-24
Possessions can give us joy. Our possessions can help us make a status statement. They can also lead us into debt. Worse yet, they can steal ...
Matthew 6:16-18
The story is told of a financially depressed American couple living in Switzerland. They were involved in a program of study that lasted thre...
