“And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.” (Galatians 6:9) I’ve been writing this column for almost eight years; maintaining a website that features all my columns for about as long. Recently, I’ve started emailing my devotions to those who request a copy each week. Why? I look around and honestly can’t see any difference it’s making in the world. Evil is everywhere. I can’t talk about Jesus at work, and it appears, at […]

“Let us acknowledge the Lord; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.” (Hosea 6:3) The one Christian promise that I don’t particularly like is the fact that Christian living will bring more than its share of suffering. But that’s exactly what Jesus promised us when He said, “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross […]

“‘Even now,’ declares the Lord, ‘return to me with all you heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning’.” (Joel 2:12) I’ve written about fasting before, but I’d never given it a try until a couple of years ago. The experience taught me that fasting requires as much discipline and devotion as reading your Bible on a daily basis. In other words, some things are easier said than done. To most 21st Century Christians, fasting seems strange because for the last 150 years it’s been popularly viewed as a […]

“But I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members.” (Romans 7:23) Do you ever have those times when you can’t believe what you just said, or worse yet, what you just did? Sure you have. We all know there’s no such thing as a perfect Christian, but I hate those looks I get from other believers when they realize I’m not […]