What do I do to live into the person that Jesus made me to be?… Do you know what the answer was for me? I did stuff! – Bob Goff, Love Does video All of us have seasons of life when our relationship with God is really humming — those times where our faith and…
John 3:16 – The Love of God Through Jesus
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. – John 3:16 If we ever memorize a verse of Scripture, it will most likely be John 3:16. It is the verse most often heard in the simplicity and beauty…
Christians, Jesus, and Pine-Sol
Mama was a strange mixture of the holy and the profane. If Mama and Canadian Mist were a mixed drink, it would be called Intemperance. Mama drank too much, got drunk, and did stupid things, like driving her green Ford LTD around and around the yellow house at a very high speed. She’d crank…
Reclaiming the Good News
When I was in high school my church youth group watched a movie about a boy who knew he should tell his best friend about his faith. He kept putting off the conversation until suddenly it was too late: the friend died in a fiery auto accident, its flames a preview of what awaited him…
Help Our Children Fall in Love with Jesus
Let’s face it, “Because I said so” isn’t the strongest of parenting techniques. Sure, it may work in the moment, but when it comes to teaching our children lifelong lessons and conveying moral values, it falls remarkably short. Proverbs 6:23 instructs us to… …train a child in the way he should go and when he…
Embracing the Love of God
Get to Know God Webster’s dictionary defines love as “affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or desire; fondness; good will.” It also says love is “due gratitude and reverence…” Love means “to regard with passionate and devoted affection”; also “to take delight or pleasure in; to have a strong liking or desire for, or interest in; to be…