I’ll forever wipe the slate clean of their sins. —Hebrews 10:17 Alexander Hartdegen, the protagonist in H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine, built a vehicle that hurled him more than 800,000 years into the future. He had hoped to use it to change the […]
If you reject God’s teaching, you will pay the price. —Proverbs 13:13 A West Virginia state trooper pulled a woman over for going fifteen miles over the speed limit. After he wrote her a ticket, she asked, “Don’t you give out warnings?” “Yes ma’am,” he said; “they’re all up and down the road. They
The Spirit prays for us in ways that cannot be put into words. —Romans 8:26 John White was a praying man: diligent in private; eloquent in public. At the end of every visit I had with him, he said, “Let’s pray before we part.” When his doctor’s stethoscope detected a problem
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He has clothed me with garments of salvation. —Isaiah 61:10 Die-hard joggers run in all kinds of weather. Where seasonal temperatures are extreme, most prefer winter to summer because they can add layers in cold weather, but can only take off so much in a sizzling summer without being arrested. The apostle Paul
I meditate on your precepts. —Psalm 119:15 In a roundtable discussion about The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, a participant said, “I prefer stories in books rather than movies.” “Why?” he was asked. “With a book,” he said, “I can stay there as long as I want.” I’m with him. A
You are a letter from Christ. —2 Corinthians 3:3 President Ronald Reagan wrote regularly to his beloved Nancy when he was on the road or in the air. His successor in office, George H.W. Bush, was a prolific note-writer. My late friend Leonard Waggoner penned a poem to his wife Elizabeth every day.
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Be still, and know that I am God. —Psalm 46:10 On June 19, 1865—nearly two and a half years after President Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation—General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, to announce that the slaves were free. Today you can watch—in real time—the signing of
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Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting, with strife. —Proverbs 17:1 Murder is a major offense. Moodiness, by comparison, is no offense at all. Murder can put the murderer away for life. Moodiness can be an everyday flurry with no reprisal.
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How long will you sleep? When will you wake up? —Proverbs 6:9 You can be bored just about anywhere, by just about anything: a sunset, a spouse, a sermon. Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address lasted just over two minutes, but I bet that was long enough for a few to nod off. There were probably
If you love me, you will obey my commands. —John 14:15 “IF I had taken her to the doctor sooner . . .” “IF I had been a better parent . . .” “IF I had controlled my temper
