\”Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel.\” — Gen 32:28. \”He that overcometh, I will write upon him Mine own New Name.\” — Rev 3:12. THROUGH THE Bible, name stands for nature. In those wise old days, names were not given because of their euphonious sound, but as revealing some characteristic trait.…
The Next Chapter . . . he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come—2 Corinthians 5:17 We write with God all the time. Working alongside him, we write the stories of our lives. He creates the settings and the characters. He creates the conflicts—the situations requiring choices. And…
But let me tell you something wonderful, a mystery I’ll probably never fully understand. We’re not all going to die— but we are all going to be changed. You hear a blast to end all blasts from a trumpet, and in the time that you look up and blink your eyes—it’s over. On signal from…
The 2m Radius Challenge Now, therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways—Haggai 1:5 What if the measure of a man’s life, in the end, isn’t how many hours he’d logged in pews on Sundays? What if it isn’t how many times he’d read through the Gospels? What if the measure is, rather,…
Too Busy? Hmmm . . . Look carefully then how you walk . . . making the best use of the time, because the days are evil—Ephesians 5:15-16 When sacred opportunities come—opportunities to listen, to care, to encourage, to serve, to give, to tell others about our faith—we men often use a tactic called “too…