Hi, my name is Love and I’m a recovering Pharisee. I was conceived in the parsonage. My father was the minister and my mother was the minister of music. We lived at church and were there every time the doors were open. The only time I was allowed to miss church was when I was […]
When my first grandchild, a beautiful little girl, was born, I was surprised to learn that grandchildren are born with an integrated GPS. The Grandpa Positioning System can be initiated with a simple smile aimed at the old guy, a pudgy little finger pointing PawPaw in a specific direction, or a cute giggle triggering Granddaddy […]
The Christ of Christmas is a ruler who would shepherd Israel (see Isaiah 40:11). But he would also appeal to faithful seekers from all over the world. The Bible cites many reasons why Jesus came—to save the lost (Luke 19:10), to serve and die as a ransom (Mark 10:45), to destroy the works of the […]
We call them Magi, but they weren’t magicians. We associate them with the first noel, but they weren’t the first to see the baby Jesus. Carolers sing “We Three Kings of Orient Are,” but the Bible doesn’t call them kings and “the east” probably doesn’t mean the Orient as we know it. We call them […]
In November, 1963, at the age of two, I left the bitter cold of Illinois to travel with my family to the bush of southern Africa, as my parents accepted the call to be missionaries. In the 54 years since then, the world of missions has changed so rapidly and dramatically it is mind-boggling. Technology, […]
