Is Jesus in Your Boat?

Soaring with the Psalms

Ordinary Things

Are you awestruck by grace?
Why have so many things been said and written about grace? Well, if the topic is “the unmerited favor of God experienced by sinners,” that has to evoke a great deal of interest. Right?  The fact that God’s grace was manifest to humans in the person of Jesus Christ the Son of God definitely merits our attention. The desperateness of the human condition when separated from God by sin magnifies the need for grace. This idea was poignantly expressed by the Apo

Do Something! Anything Is Better Than Nothing!
Her name is Maryann. I attended a class in Advanced First-Aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation which she presented with reassuring confidence. Her poise was developed over thirty years as an emergency medical services worker, coupled with more than a decade as an EMS instructor. Not only has she saved hundreds of lives, she has also trained thousands of others to save lives. Hers was not a mere academic presentation of procedures. She had first-hand knowledge of what really mattered when life and death were on the line. She captivated our attention. Something she repeated numerous times has been replaying in my mind. As she reviewed each phase of the CPR skills, Maryann would say

You are loved…
You are loved… …by One who has an unquenchable love; …by One who wishes to lift you up; and …by One who wishes to see you through any and all of life’s struggles. In case you have any doubt about these assertions, consider the following verses: John 3:16…

Six soul-searching inquiries; one encouraging passage
Life is full of questions, isn’t it? If you have a couple of minutes, I’d like to invite you to pause and ponder the following soul-searching inquiries. If your answer to any of these questions is in the affirmative, I trust you will find the passages which follow to be quite encouraging. Have you ever done what you thought was a good deed, only to discover that what you did was considered offensive and resented

What’s this world coming to?
Long ago, the “Weeping Prophet” wrote: “LORD, I know that people’s lives are not their own; it is not for them to direct their steps.” (Jeremiah 10:23) Contrary to prevalent humanistic philosophy, when humanity chooses to chart its own course moral and et