Buying Time
“Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.” (Colossians 4:5-6 ESV) For...
Endurance and “Why Me?”
So now you are in the middle of it. Persecution is raining down and you’ve been put under the authority or power of another. Why did this happen, especially since nothing was done to deserve such a...
Lazarus: Reclining in Darkness…and Then in Light
“So they gave a dinner for him there. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at table (emphasis mine)” (John 12:2 ESV) I was struck by this mental picture of Lazarus reclining, knowing...
Dust, Cleaning, and “How Do I Look?”
A Look Into Colossians 3 and Putting on the New Self To the believers in Corinth, Paul wrote: “The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven. As was...