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“Simon Peter said to him, ‘Lord, where are you going?’ Jesus answered him, ‘Where I am going you cannot follow me now, but you will follow afterward.’” John 13:36 August 24, 2023 The questions the disciples asked Jesus are revealing and useful to us. We probably, given the same circumstances, would have presented similar questions.

“I am a companion of all who fear you, of those who keep your precepts.” Psalm 119:63 August 23, 2023 The word that is going around in the media and in Christian circles is that we are living in the decline of the church in America. It is being called “de-churching.” Take a poll, starting

“And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” John 8:32 August 22, 2023 Jesus claimed to be the truth by which sets men free from sin. The truth is Jesus Christ. Libraries and halls of learning have been known to post the words, “the truth shall make you free.” But

“For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.” Hebrews 4:15 August 21, 2023 We know sympathy when we see it. Or better yet, when we receive it. To refresh our memory: “Sympathy

“Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned.” Romans 5:12 August 18, 2023 You are standing in the smoking rubble of what was once your house. The acrid smell of charred possessions sickens your stomach. What runs through

“As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.” Genesis 5:20 August 17, 2023 Contemporary Christianity seems to be conspiring against a biblical theology of pain and suffering. The health and wealth gospel, the signs

“I form light and create darkness; I make well-being and create calamity; I am the LORD, who does all these things.” Isaiah 45:7 August 16, 2023 Imagine, if you can, a wall of fire of 1,000-degree temperature coming toward you traveling at one minute in a mile. The Lahaina, Hawaii fire storm is an unwelcome

“You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.” Matthew 7:5 August 15, 2023 We are hearing a lot about “mental illness” these days. With mental sins being in exile our secularized society has to find vocabulary that

“I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.” Romans 12:1 August 14, 2023 The Christian’s resources in Christ are extraordinary. At conversion there are over 32 immediate provisions to live the Christian life. There

“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities-all things were created through him and for him.” Colossians 1:15-16 August 11, 2023 Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Jonas Salk,