Monthly Archives: March 2019

Sunday, March 31                      The doctrine of the trinity is perhaps the most difficult Christian doctrine to fully understand.  The early Church struggled with it for several centuries.  There were always … Continue reading →

Saturday, March 30       A person’s spiritual life is at low ebb when he wants to go to heaven to escape this evil world. For one thing, as redeemed people, we are showcases for God’s grace.  That’s our mission and it’s … Continue reading →

Friday, March 29                         A few more observations about Jesus’ temptations.  Jesus was led into the desert by the Spirit, where Jesus fasted for forty days and nights.  His … Continue reading →

Thursday, March 28                            I rarely open the Bible without learning something new.  It’s always enlightening, usually  intriguing, and often enigmatic.  Matthew 3-4 is a good example.  I’m … Continue reading →

Wednesday, March 27                   Have you ever paused to evaluate your spiritual life?  I rarely take time to consciously and methodically evaluate my relationship with God, but I often feel that I’m … Continue reading →

Tuesday, March 26                              A. W. Tozer.  “Any faith that must be supported by the evidence of the senses is not real faith.”  I don’t know where … Continue reading →

Monday, March 25                                        Paul (earlier called Saul) had an interesting early life.  By his own testimony he was a devout Jew. … Continue reading →

Sunday, March 24                            “I’ve never been part of a solution by doing nothing.”  I don’t know who said this, but it opened a can of worms for … Continue reading →

Saturday, March 23                                Pastor Murphy.  “A woman is to be a helper.  That is not demeaning,  It means that a man needs help.”  Women, especially, … Continue reading →

Friday, March 22                                 Years ago in our evening dorm devotional time with my high school boys, we were discussing boy-girl relationships and dating, and … Continue reading →

Thursday, March 21                              Time is a God thing.  The year marks the time it takes earth to orbit the sun.  A day is one rotation of … Continue reading →

Wednesday, March 20                          God is interested in what we do, but he might be more interested in what we are.    What did Abraham do?  For the most part … Continue reading →

Tuesday March 19                                   Christians don’t retire.  I’m not sure when the practice of retirement came into our world or who started it, but … Continue reading →

Monday, March 18                           Here’s another A. W. Tozer analogy concerning unity.  “Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork … Continue reading →

Sunday, March 17                             There are a lot of “churches” today that are dead; they just don’t know they’re dead.  As A. W. Tozer put it:   “One … Continue reading →

Saturday, March 16                                   A. B. Tozer.  “It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until He has hurt him deeply.”  When … Continue reading →

Friday, March 15                   The sinful nature always opposes God’s program of making us righteous.  The Bible makes it clear that injustice should be expected.  But we get bent out of shape … Continue reading →

Wednesday, March 13                              As Pastor Murphy was preaching on the marriage relationship from the Biblical standpoint recently, he made this statement:  “A woman submits to her … Continue reading →

Tuesday, March 12                    Televangelist Adrian Rodgers said in a recent sermon “Understanding can wait; obedience can’t.”  That was enigmatic enough to make me take note of it so as to pursue … Continue reading →

Monday, March 11                       “Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so.”  Adult Christians tend to think of this chorus as simplistic, OK for kids, but … Continue reading →

Sunday, March 10                     There’s another hymn that I don’t even try to sing in pubic anymore, “The Love of God.”  The words of the third stanza were  scrawled on the … Continue reading →

Saturday, March 9                         I don’t think of myself as an emotional man.  I think of myself as more of a stoic.  But when it comes to some expression … Continue reading →

Friday, March 8                                 The more I learn about God, the more I realize how much I don’t know.  That sounds as though I’m losing … Continue reading →

Thursday, March 7                            God designed a man and a woman to complement each other.  Each one is made differently for a reason.  Marriage joins the two somewhat … Continue reading →

Wednesday, March 6                              Romans 11:33 tells us that God’s ways are past finding out.  Other passages tell us to walk in God’s ways, which may seem to … Continue reading →

Tuesday, March 5                        From the time I yielded to Christ God kept putting me in situations that I had to respond one way or the other.  I didn’t always … Continue reading →

Monday, March 4                               From birth we are all constantly exposed to the world’s ways.  Our sinful nature has no trouble with that.  We tend to … Continue reading →

Sunday, March 3    All the traits that characterize a Christian are important, but I think humility is at the core.  It’s exactly opposite of that first sin.  Those five “I wills” of Is. 14: 13-14 reveal Satan’s heart.  “I … Continue reading →

Saturday, March 2                          I’ve highlighted five Christian men who have overcome failures, defeats, disappointments, or unfair treatment to gain success.  Nick Foles, Tony Dungy, Hank Aaron, Branch Rickey, … Continue reading →

Friday, March 1                       Researching Hank Aaron led me to Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier in baseball in 1947.  Hank was about six years old at the time, … Continue reading →