“What we do with money, individually and as a society, is aprofound moral issue. Jesus made it clear that whatever our station, we are merely stewards, since God owns everything. Thus, we have a responsibility to God to manage our assets well.” In a world driven by consumerism, debt...
"God opposes the proud but shows grace to the humble." Thank You for opening up Your Word to me and helping me to see the beautiful truth about humility. I ask that You would work a good work in my life day by day, until I am more like Christ and less like me. In Jesus' name...
When San Francisco rock station KSAN-FM did a four-hour news special on the festival Sunday evening, just a little over 24 hours after Altamont had ended, Sam Cutler was asked what he thought in retrospect about using the Angels. “I myself,” said Cutler, “feel that the Hell’s Ange...
But 200 years of Supreme Court rulings have decided that the First Amendment doesn’t say what our common sense tells us it does. Jesus warned his followers that “all men will hate you because of me.” But who knew that such hatred would be so virulent? And yes, the PC movement has...
Don’t ridicule them. Don’t hate them. Don’t ignore them. Tell them that freedom and forgiveness is found in Jesus alone. Let them know that God loves us and died for us that we might be delivered from the consequences of our sin. ...
When God rested on the seventh day and set it aside, He did not intend to turn Sabbath-keeping into a strangling rule. The Sabbath was meant to provide true freedom – freedom from turning work into tyranny, and freedom to enjoy fellowship with God, our neighbors, and our loved ones. ...
Whatever Valentine’s Day is to you, it is for you to decide. Personally, I think it’s a great opportunity to celebrate love, whether it be for family, friends, lovers, or neighbors becauseJesussaid that people would know us by our love. ...
The Mosaic Law hangs on the commandments Jesus cites because our behavior reflects our attitudes. We harm our neighbors through behavior prohibited in the Mosaic Law after we have failed to love them as we should. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus teaches that the failures of attitude that ...
I learned early and often that danger and excitement can feel like a Sharon Olds’ poem or like Jesus is coming—at any moment—like an emergency on a blue-sky day. Are you sure you haven’t shared propaganda while waiting for the consummation we were promised? Spring means swollen rivers...
And he closes with the words of Psalm 31:5 —Into your hands, O Lord, I consign my soul— which were also, according to the Gospel of Luke, Jesus’s last words on the cross. So yes, it is true: One can find the “I believe in the sun” quotation in Zvi Kolitz’s book. But...