It’s no surprise that the majority of crimes take place during the night. Under the cover of darkness, it’s easier for wrongdoing to be hidden. Even my dog slinks to her crate with its shadowy interior when she knows she’s done something she shouldn’t. I think it’s fair to say…

HYMN DAY! “Let Others See Jesus in You” by Baylus Benjamin McKinney (someday I’m going to name a story character Baylus) is a powerful encouragement for us. Read these words and strive to apply them to your daily walk. 1. While passing thro’ this world of sin, and others your…

I remember a former preacher announcing from the pulpit, “People sin because sin is fun.” Indulging the flesh is often pleasurable. It’s the consequences that can bring the unpleasant side of sin. God sent Jesus, His Son and His Light, to take the penalty for sin for all of mankind.…

I hear variations of a certain statement on a regular basis, sometimes even from Christian leaders, and it always makes me cringe. The statement: “A loving God won’t send anyone to hell.” I cringe because it’s true, but it’s also misleading. God doesn’t “send” anyone to hell. He has made…

Every child who attends Sunday school memorizes John 3:16 (I memorized the King James version, and to this day none of the other versions sound “right” to me *grin*, but I do like the readability of the New Living Translation). Oh, the height and the breadth and the depth of…

Jesus is speaking to Nicodemus here, who recognized that Jesus was more than just a man—He was someone special who had been sent by God. He doesn’t quite realize yet that Jesus is both God and man, that He is the long-awaited Messiah, but Jesus is going to help him…

HYMN DAY! Sing with gusto and appreciation! We think of hymns as “old,” but “Victory in Jesus” by Eugene Bartlett was written in 1939, which isn’t all that long ago. Wonderful words! Enjoy. I heard an old, old story, How a Savior came from glory, How He gave His life…

Have you ever had a small child run up to you, tug your shirttail, and say, “Watch me!” Little ones (and sometimes “not so little” ones) like to be noticed for what they do. Jesus was different. Oh, the wonders He performed! But none of it was meant to call…

These words were spoken by John the Baptist, referring to Jesus. John wanted those around him to realize who Jesus was and why He’d come. The people would have understood a reference to a lamb; they sought forgiveness by shedding the blood of an unblemished lamb. Jesus, the Lamb of…

Have you ever stopped to consider that there is more than one way to see? We see things with our physical eyes, but we also “see” intellectually and morally. Because people haven’t seen God Himself with their physical eyes, they have a hard time “seeing” Him with their knowledge or…