“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.” – James 1:22 Author Colleen Strachan writes: “Dallas Willard gave a series of lectures on the kingdom of God. In one, he discussed the popularity of the phrase, ‘The truth will set you free’ by […]
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.” James 1:2-3 Pastor Ray Johnston, in his book “The Hope Quotient”, wrote: “David Letterman’s old late-night segment “Will It Float?” once inspired our staff to fill […]
“But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.” James 1:6 In his book, The Enormous Exception, Earl Palmer tells about a pre-med undergrad at the University of California, Berkley, who became […]
“For I am afraid that when I come I may not find you as I want you to be, and you may not find me as you want me to be. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, gossip, arrogance and disorder.” 2 Corinthians […]
“This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of God’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.” 2 Corinthians 9:12 Author Tom Nelson writes: “After attending a conference in New York City, a pastoral colleague, Reid Kapple, was flying home to Kansas […]
“After that whole generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation grew up, who knew neither the LORD nor what he had done for Israel.” – Judges 2:10 In 2021, Paul Maxwell, a former Desiring God writer and the author of the book “The Trauma of Doctrine”, announced he […]
“If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.” 2 Corinthians 11:30 Joseph Lombardo is a powerlifter and a Christian. He writes: “The Reverend Matthew Holbert, an ordained Lutheran pastor in West Virginia, is a coach as well as judge in several powerlifting federations. The […]
“Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw […]
“But just as you excel in everything, in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in your love for us, see that you also excel in this grace of giving.” 2 Corinthians 8:7 In his book “Perfect Illustrations for Every Topic and Occasion”, Mike Herman shares the following: […]
“sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything” – 2 Corinthians 6:10 Michael Shannon shared the following: “Recently my wife and I were given use of two major league baseball tickets. Always glad to see a baseball game, we took the tickets and […]
“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but […]
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” – 2 Corinthians 5:17 Rowan Williams is a Welsh Anglican bishop, theologian and poet, who served as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury from 2002 to 2012. In his book “Christ the […]
“yet now I am happy, not because you were made sorry, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you became sorrowful as God intended and so were not harmed in any way by us.” – 2 Corinthians 7:9 In January 2024 a wave of violence and looting broke […]
‘Terah took his son Abram … and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there’ Genesis 11:31. A Christian author writes: ‘Terah accompanied Abram for part of the journey to Canaan, but then he stopped … […]
“For he says, “In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation.” 2 Corinthians 6:2 Jeremy Benson remembers: “By the time I was 16, that’s […]