Profound are the words of one young dad when he first held his newborn son and looked into his eyes… In reflecting back on that pivotal moment, the new dad remarked, “When my boy was born, a little of the boy in me had to die.” The cost of success and advancement in any sphere … Continue reading
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Live leaving…
The stats are in. They have been tested and retested. They have been vetted, verified, discussed, and debated. The results are clear–with 100% accuracy…you are going to leave this world. It is appointed, destined, determined, and sure. No need to be morbid about it but it is wise to plan on it… Don’t sweat the … Continue reading
Are you going to live or die?
When Paul declared, “for me to die is gain” (Philippians 1:21) he was not expressing a death wish. He was not throwing in the towel and praying for God to hit him in the head with a hammer. There’s another part of the “for me to die is gain” formula and it is: “For me … Continue reading
Punching tickets for a train ride to heaven…
John 11:12-13 (NKJV) 12 Then His disciples said, “Lord, if he sleeps he will get well.” 13 However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep. Bible scholars refer often to the irony that John uses in his Gospel. I’m guessing that he may be using a little … Continue reading
A possible explanation of why some things have been happening in your life lately.
John 10:10 (NKJV) I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. There is one thing you must be clear on about the abundant life that Jesus came to give you: To receive his abundant life you must first lose the life you currently have. The temptation is to think … Continue reading
Comfort after Death
Genesis 24:67 (NKJV) Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent; and he took Rebekah and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death. (Also: Proverbs 3:5-6 // John 11:35) Today’s verse (Genesis 24:67) is the culmination of a beautiful love story—how Isaac and Rebekah became husband and wife. One … Continue reading
Why do people visit graves?
1 Corinthians 15:55 (NLT) O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting? Christmas day found Sonja and me on the road heading to Six Mile to visit her mother. On the way she wanted to stop and visit her father’s grave. Turns out her desire was shared by many others; when … Continue reading
Bing!
Ephesians 5:15-16 (NKJV) See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, 16 redeeming the time… Every year about this time you begin to hear people saying, “Wow, where did the time go?” The answer is really very simple: It went away. It went away to never return again. It’s like, when we … Continue reading
A Sobering Thought…
Genesis 5:5 (NKJV) So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died. Here’s a sobering thought for you: What if our death was more important than our earthly life? I thought about this earlier this morning during my study time while reading Henry C. Thiessen’s Lectures in Systematic … Continue reading
Today’s ONE THING: Death be damned
John 11:33 (NKJV) Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled. Have you ever heard the expression, “Something was lost in the translation”? Well, unfortunately that can even be true of the Bible. Today’s verse is an example. The way the … Continue reading
