THE SPIRIT OF CAIN

I was in a conversation with the leader of a Christian community who said some of those under his care had become “fuzzy around the edges” concerning certain issues of faith.  That fuzziness had diminished the clarity of the truth allowing undisciplined...

WHAT MOM SAID

My mother used to tell me, “That person has good sense.” What she was saying was a person with good sense was wise and able to apply wisdom to the choices they made. When a person did something foolish, she would say, “They don’t have good sense.” Having good sense is...

THE SOUND OF UNSHEATHING SWORDS

I remember how some people spoke to each other at the beginning of the medical emergency that began in 2020. Emotions were hot at the time and were being freely expressed. People unsheathed the swords of their untethered emotions and cut away at people slicing into...

THE WEAPON OF GOD’S GLORY

There is a reason why the Church should never allow the defiance we see taking place against God to derail our faith. The Lord is creating something with that defiance. The psalmist describes how God will disable the weapons of spiritual warfare by destroying the...

A PLIABLE TIME

In Psalm 37, we are told not to worry about what evil people are doing and to not envy the success of the wicked because they will wither like a flower. Our calling in this life is to “Trust in the Lord and do good. That calling will help us live safely in the land...