I love grapes. Please note—this is not a wayward comment. It’s a well-contemplated opinion, and a high compliment at that, because I enjoy a lot of fruit. There’s competition for top banana. Speaking of bananas, I don’t like to go a day without one, because of the potassium as well as taste (though they must […]
Week 46 Study | Promise of a New Covenant
The Bible has a love/hate relationship with old and new. On the one hand, God’s people were to ask for the ancient paths and old ways (Jeremiah 6:16), and even Jesus said that the old wine was best (Luke 5:39). On the other hand, Paul taught that if anyone is in Christ he is a […]
Week 46 Application | A Handwritten Note from God
I own some baseballs signed by Hall of Famers and a football signed by Super Bowl-winning coach Tony Dungy. Under his name he wrote “Matthew 16:26,” the Scripture where Jesus says it does no good to gain the whole world if we forfeit our souls. My little collection of memorabilia pales in comparison with the […]
Week 46 Mission | My Vision as One Who Runs
Long before Drucker and Covey wrote about it, God told the prophet Habakkuk how to write a vision that sticks: “Record the vision and inscribe it on tablets, That the one who reads it may run. For the vision is yet for the appointed time; It hastens toward the goal, and it will not fail. […]
Week 46 Character | Loving God’s Word
You have some favorite stories. You may enjoy them as movies, as books, or as tales told. You love these stories because they speak to you, they draw you into their world, and they move you. The Bible is a story like this. The Bible is a panoramic account of God’s rescue. But as with […]