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Haggai 2:15-19, The Need for a Reminder
The older I get the more reminders I need. A calendar entry, a spouse, a note to myself. Whatever works. But what about spiritual reminders? Israel seems to need one. You would think that after experiencing
Continue reading...Haggai 2:10-14, Contagious Sinful Attitudes
Before the people had been challenged to rebuild the temple, they had built the altar of sacrifice and laid the foundation for the temple but had become apathetic about building the temple. They were more
Continue reading...Haggai 1:13-2:5, When Our Work for God Seems Inglorious
Are you unimpressed with the work you are doing for God? Raising babies, teaching middle schoolers, ministering to the homeless, cleaning the church building, driving disabled people to their medical appointments,
Continue reading...Haggai 1:12 – The Beauty of Obedience
I remember sensing from the Lord that He wanted me to develop a ministry to men at the church I was serving. I didn’t follow through and had deep regret for that. Equal to that regret is the joy I have
Continue reading...Haggai 1:5,6 – Give Careful Thought to Your Ways
Mindfulness is all the rage now. What is mindfulness? “Mindfulness is the cognitive skill, usually developed through meditation, of sustaining meta-attention of the contents of one’s own mind
Continue reading...Haggai 1:3,4 – Comfort Over Courage
I like comfort. Most people do. But doing the right thing is often uncomfortable. I remember moving to Dallas, TX, driving on the interstate to get there, and being pulled over by a state trooper, for
Continue reading...Haggai 1:2 – Doing What Is Right and Necessary
When Yahweh sends a message through Haggai to Zerubbabel and Joshua, the governor and the high priest, He does not ask a question, nor does He give a directive. He merely states what the people are saying. This
Continue reading...The Mountains of God: Mount Moriah
Before there was the mountain of God in Sinai as Israel’s history, there was Mount Moriah. Abraham called the name of that place Yahweh-Yireh (which means “Yahweh will provide”). To this day,
Continue reading...Jeremiah 14, The Drought
Did you know that the United States monitors drought throughout the nation on a map. “The Drought Monitor summary map identifies general areas of drought and labels them by intensity. D1 is the least
Continue reading...Daniel 1:8-16, The Test of Faith
Sometime prior to 1975 I attended Bill Gothard’s Institute in Basic Youth Conflicts, a ministry which has since been discredited by its extreme teachings and its founder’s immorality. But it taught
Continue reading...1 Peter 3:8-13, Conduct for All
Peter has brilliantly exposited the rock/cornerstone Scriptures (Isaiah 8:14; 28:16 and Psalm 118:22 in chapter 2:4-8), the “not My people/My people” passage (Hosea 1:10 in chapter 2:9,10),
Continue reading...1 Peter 2:11-17, Conduct Among Unbelievers
Because foreigners have different customs and ways of communicating, natives are often suspicious of them. But if they keep our laws and demonstrate human goodness, we are often able to see them positively.
Continue reading...1 Peter 1:22-2:3, Loving and Growing
Breast milk is the primary source of nutrition for newborns, containing fat, protein, carbohydrates (lactose and human milk oligosaccharides) and variable minerals and vitamins. Breast milk also contains
Continue reading...1 Peter 1:17-21, The Necessity of Holiness
Can you be a Christian, be saved for eternity, and live a life of disobedience to God? That has been a debate for centuries. While I was in Seminary two of my professors took opposing views on this subject.
Continue reading...1 Peter 1:13-16, Be Holy
I challenged, privately, a young woman who publicly disrespected a fellow believer on Facebook because he didn’t take the same political view she did. Rightly or wrongly, I asked her if her father, who
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