“Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.” – 2 Timothy 2:15 Shane Claiborne, in the book “Rethinking Life”, wrote: “Several years ago, a radio DJ in my home state […]
“Endure hardship with us like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.” – 2 Timothy 2:3 Shortly after midnight on February 26, 1852, just 2 miles off the coast of Africa, the troopship HMS Birkenhead struck a rock and began to settle into the ocean. On its decks, 124 women and […]
“I will satisfy the priests with abundance, and my people will be filled with my bounty,” declares the Lord.’ Jeremiah 31:14 Have you noticed that the essential things needed for sustenance in life are in abundance? The air we breathe is so abundantly supplied that even 7 billion people on […]
“Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.” – 2 Timothy 2:10 David Brooks, in the book “The Social Animal”, writes the following: “In 1997, Gary McPherson studied 157 randomly selected children as […]
“For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.” 2 Timothy 1:7 Daniel Goleman, in his book “Emotional Intelligence” writes the following about self-discipline in a story called “The Samurai and the Zen Master”: “A belligerent samurai . . […]
“Tomas (nicknamed the Twin) was not with the others when Jesus came. They told him, ‘“We have seen the Lord!” But he replied, “I won’t believe it unless I see the nail wounds in his hands, put my fingers into them, and place my hand into the wound in his […]
“I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; And you shall be a blessing.” Genesis 12:2 When we read this passage of Scripture, the first thing that probably comes to mind are all the promises that God gave to Abraham and the […]
“The hope of the righteous will be gladness, But the expectation of the wicked will perish.” – Proverbs 10:28. The words – Hope, expectations, dreams, and aspirations seem to be endangered in today’s media vocabulary. With so many failed political leadership, poor economic indices, despair, and evil occurrences besieging us […]
“I thank God, whom I serve, as my forefathers did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers.” 2 Timothy 1:3 In 1972, Joan Baez was a singer and activist who was always working on a cause. During the Vietnam War, she travelled […]
“So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord, or ashamed of me his prisoner. But join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God” – 2 Timothy 1:8 In the book “Good News is for Sharing”, Leighton Ford writes: “What makes people hesitate to […]
“But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.” 1 Timothy 6:8-9 In the book “Contentment: The Secret to a […]
“Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share.” 1 Timothy 6:18 In the book “Atheists Finding God”, Jana Harmon shares one story about how some Christians became the catalyst that disrupted the atheistic worldview by Christlike goodness and kindness: […]
“Jacob set up a stone pillar at the place where God had talked with him, and he poured out a drink offering on it; he also poured oil on it.” Genesis 35:14 Pastor Matt Woodley tells the following story: “On Valentine’s Day, 1948, Robertson McQuilkin proposed to his sweetheart Muriel, […]