Like many of us, there is situation in my life that I desperately want to change. As a result, my mind takes me down a variety of routes to find hope for it to work out or be different. Each time, I come up with the same answer: a dead end. I have sought the Lord …
Tag: perspective
Signs of the Times
I can still remember sermons from 1979 when I first came to Christ. The Book of Revelation seemed like a Twilight Zone episode as I heard Pastor Chuck Smith teach on the mark of the beast. He quoted from Revelation 13:16-17 referring to the antichrist, "He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, …
How often do you read the Bible?
Last week, I picked up the USA Today newspaper. On the bottom corner, there was a USA Today Snapshot that was entitled: How often we read the Bible? I was surprised by the results: At least once a month 53% Rarely 22% Never 24% Don’t know 1% These percentages …
Printed in the San Diego Christian Examiner Newspaper for December 2010
Is it only me or have you found that the more we look around, the more we see that people are struggling? My husband has frequently said that if you are not depressed, you are not paying attention. How- ever, with the holiday season here, we do not want our Christmas cards to be the …
Continue reading Printed in the San Diego Christian Examiner Newspaper for December 2010
An email from a fellow believer….
We recently received an email from one of our devotional readers and wanted to post a conversation he had with his friend who had a question about the phrase "The Lord took a person home" that we talked about in the devotional of 12/3/2010, "Our Perspective Matters"..... ....A friend of mine, who's name is Ray, inquired …
