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November 22 – Finding Favor in Humility
1 Peter 5; Jeremiah 39-40; Psalm 138 One of the amazing things about the internet is that it allows a lot of “niche” businesses to thrive...
Nov 22, 20193 min read


November 21 – Death, Judgment, and Finding Grace
1 Peter 4; Jeremiah 37-38; Psalm 137 Social Media has reminded us of the existence of eternity and judgment in the last few days. You may...
Nov 21, 20193 min read


November 20 – Returning Blessings For Evil
1 Peter 3; Jeremiah 35-36; Psalm 136 I saw a quote the other day that made me mad. The message of the quote was that the only people you...
Nov 20, 20193 min read


November 19 – Welcome to the Family!
1 Peter 2; Jeremiah 33-34; Psalm 135 In the ancient Japanese system of Bushido, samurai were the military upper class. They pledged...
Nov 19, 20193 min read


November 18 – God’s Grace and Glory
1 Peter 1; Jeremiah 31-32; Psalm 134 It’s perhaps one of the oldest driving jokes there is. The wife, not recognizing where they are as...
Nov 18, 20193 min read


November 17 – A Warning to Those Who Oppress Others
James 5; Jeremiah 29-30; Psalm 133 You know “those” business people. Everything they do works out. They start businesses with the...
Nov 17, 20193 min read


November 16 – Are You Thinking About Stuffing or De-Stuffing?
James 4; Jeremiah 27-28; Psalm 132 We seem to be in eternal competition here in the United States. We compare ourselves to our neighbors....
Nov 16, 20193 min read


November 15 – Blessing and Cursing From the Same Mouth?
James 3; Jeremiah 25-26; Psalm 131 Scientists today are praising the art of gossip. They explain their position by noting that this is...
Nov 15, 20193 min read


November 14 – When God’s Grace Gets All of You
James 2; Jeremiah 23-24; Psalm 130 There is a debate among people who hire others to work for them that can get very interesting. Which...
Nov 14, 20193 min read


November 13 – Do You Really Want All the Joy God Gives?
James 1; Jeremiah 21-22; Psalm 129 One of the fun parts of social media is sharing the joys that friends experience. Recently, one of my...
Nov 13, 20193 min read


November 12 – If You Want to Change the World
Philemon 1:1-25; Jeremiah 19-20; Psalm 128 It was Gaius, a renowned legal expert in ancient Rome, who said that slavery was a human...
Nov 12, 20193 min read


November 11 – Christian Behavior in the World
Titus 3; Jeremiah 17-18; Psalm 127 It seems that the worst enemies that Christians often have are other Christians, or those claiming to...
Nov 11, 20193 min read


November 10 – All I Really Need to Know About Grace, I Learned by Grace
Titus 2; Jeremiah 15-16; Psalm 126 There seems to be a hierarchy of teachers. Some teachers are in the upper tiers: college professors,...
Nov 10, 20193 min read


November 9 – When the Grace of God Overwhelms You
Titus 1; Jeremiah 13-14; Psalm 125 A mobster had been arrested for gambling and was talking to a prosecutor. The discussion turned to the...
Nov 9, 20193 min read


November 8 – The “Gospel” of the Fake News
2 Timothy 4; Jeremiah 11-12; Psalm 124 Fake News. We’ve all heard the stories about fake news. If you tend to be conservative, you find...
Nov 8, 20193 min read


November 7 – The More People Change, The More They Stay The Same
2 Timothy 3; Jeremiah 9-10 Psalm 123 Maybe you had one of “those” mothers too. You know the kind of mother I mean. One that quoted...
Nov 7, 20193 min read


November 6 – Fighting So You and Your Buddy Make It Out
2 Timothy 2; Jeremiah 7-8; Psalm 122 There’s a sense of adventurism, of heroism perhaps, when a young man or woman joins the military....
Nov 6, 20193 min read


November 5 – An Incredible Invitation
2 Timothy 1; Jeremiah 5-6; Psalm 121 Most people don’t use the US postal service for mail these days. Everything is done by email. Well,...
Nov 5, 20193 min read


November 4 – Just a Little Bit More
1 Timothy 5:23-6:21; Jeremiah 3-4; Psalm 120 You may remember the TV show “Cheers.” If so, you should remember all the character’s names,...
Nov 4, 20193 min read


November 3 – Respecting All People
1 Timothy 5:1-22; Jeremiah 1-2; Psalm 119:145-176 There is perhaps no greater example of arrogance on TV than the character of Charles...
Nov 3, 20193 min read
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