He has risen. —Mark 16:6 The Saturday between the crucifixion and the resurrection was surely the darkest day Jesus’ disciples ever experienced. Their leader was dead. But God is good at turning dark Saturdays into bright Sundays. The darkest day of the disciples’ lives was about to become the brightest day in human history. Dr. […]
Because I live, you also will live. —John 14:19 Nuclear weapons in the wrong hands give us the jitters. Internet predators give us the willies. Shrill voices screeching that global warming is going to leave us with a scorched planet give us the sweats.
I am alive for ever and ever! —Revelation 1:18 Jesus is the only founder of a world religion who is alive. Those who founded ancient religions are dead—every one of them. The founders of modern-day cults, if they are not already dead, soon will be. “After [Jesus’] suffering he presented himself alive
My peace I give you. —John 14:27 The peace Jesus gives is not exemption from life’s storms, but serenity in navigating them—an inner peace that nothing the world throws at you can take from you. When the winds of tragedy blow, the sleet of disappointment stings, the waves of grief surge, and
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The peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. —Philippians 4:7 Two young men having lunch at the table next to mine were engaged in animated conversation. One turned to
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What is impossible with men is possible with God. —Luke 18:27 Over seventy years ago, J.B. Phillips wrote a book titled Your God Is Too Small. In it, he sketched common conceptions (or misconceptions) of God, one
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People are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment. —Hebrews 9:27 “All who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who done what is evil will rise to be condemned” (Jn
There is nothing new under the sun. —Ecclesiastes 1:9 Automobiles, airplanes, telephones, and personal computers bring to mind the names of Henry Ford, Orville and Wilbur Wright, Alexander Graham Bell, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. Medical advances are stunning: vaccines, drugs, surgical procedures, gene sequencing—the list
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The way of fools seems right to them. —Proverbs 12:15 He was the Bible class nightmare. He interrupted, challenged, and pontificated. He knew everything about everything. A lady who’d had it up to here with his disruptions finally said to him, “I wish I was as certain about
Be strong and courageous. —Joshua 1:9 We think of courage as the grit to stand our ground and say “Yes!” or “No!” in the face of external opposition. That’s a piece of it, for sure. But the greatest challenge to courage is oneself—standing strong at the testing point of
