My sister-in-law’s bucket list got shorter over the Christmas holidays. She went skydiving in Hawaii. Of course, she didn’t jump out of the plane on her own. She was harnessed to an experienced skydiver who had jumped out of an airplane hundreds of times. And although she felt slightly afraid, especially when he told her […]
MONDAY Reading for Today: Luke 1:39-56 Ephesians 2:1-10 Psalm 119:17-24 1 Kings 4–5 Ephesians 2:1-10 Why did God save us? It was because of his love for us. He loved us so much he allowed—no, caused—his only child to be tortured and killed. He orchestrated Jesus’ death because he loved us so much he couldn’t […]
Jesus’ declaration in John 8:12 has a way of brightening our day in more ways than one: “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” Those are amazing, encouraging truths in a sin-cursed world that is becoming increasingly godless and dark. […]
It sounds like a good word . . .well, at least it does if you are on the right side of it! That’s how many of us perceive justice when we read the latest scandal in the media. We don’t think of ourselves on the other side of it, waiting for the consequences of justice […]
In Mere Christianity C. S. Lewis wrote about the law of fair play. It goes like this. “I gave you a bite of my orange; give me a bite of yours.” Or, “Don’t hit me; I didn’t hit you.” From where did such laws arise? They seem to be innate. It would seem that there […]
