As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so ...
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Our Work and God’s Work
See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains. You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near. –James 5, 7b-8 I’m a farmer ...
Read More »The Choice Is Yours
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me.” (Jesus – John 14:1). Every situation requires some kind of a choice. In fact, when God created us, He gave us the ultimate choice in ...
Read More »Should Christians Read Fantasy Literature?
“But what about these Tree-men, these giants as you might call them?” —Sam Gamgee in Lord of the Rings (1954) The First Fantasy Story Abimelech had slaughtered all of Gideon’s sons, all but one—a young man named Jotham. When the ...
Read More »Rise of the Bramble Men
Thus we see that the bramble is not oriented toward productive work. Rather, he is oriented toward tyrannical rule… His is a socialist society based on taking what other people have labored to produce. —James Jordan, Judges (1985) The producer ...
Read More »We Know Only In Part
All of us have something of the false prophet in us, wherefore we ought to speak humbly… Sometimes pride will tempt us to speak as if we had already attained or were already made perfect; sometimes cowardice will tempt us ...
Read More »Gideon Gets Fleeced
Paul doesn’t want us to try ferreting out the secret will of God that he plans to do, but discern the revealed will of God that we ought to do. —John Piper, “What Is the Will of God…?” (2004) “So ...
Read More »Be Truthful And Honest In All Your Dealings
These are the things you shall do: Speak each man the truth to his neighbor; Give judgment in your gates for truth, justice, and peace; let none of you think evil in your heart against your neighbor; and do not ...
Read More »The Gift of Water
“Shortly before dawn, Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake.” (Matthew 14:25) Water is one of the most powerful elements known to man. It is the one of the first things mentioned in the Bible. It sustains us. ...
Read More »Real Freedom
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.--Galatians 5:1 To be free means to be able to respond to whatever the situation ...
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