Jesus’ Love Makes All Things New

“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.”  (Heb. 13:8) One of my least favorite expressions is “same-old, same-old.”  When I ask someone how they’re doing, and they say “same-old, same-old,” I’m tempted to do an “encouragement-intervention” on them. The expression sounds so dreary, sullen, and bored.  One of the ways I sometimes …

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Standing Firm in Your Faith

If you do not stand firm in faith, you shall not stand at all.   (Isaiah 7:9) Hurricane Harvey dumped 50” of rain on Houston.  Once I could get out of my neighborhood, I spent a few days at the shelters.  I then spent a few days helping some friends demo their homes. Imagine losing everything …

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Our Resurrected Life

'In the resurrection, then, whose wife of the seven will she be?  For all of them had married her.’ Jesus answered them, ‘You are wrong, because you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God.  For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like angels in heaven.’   (Lk. …

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Being All-In With God

He said to them, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and will all your mind.’   (Mt. 22:37) I was meeting with a couple (I’ll call them John and Mary) before their wedding the next day.  While reviewing their vows, John said, “I’m having a hard …

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