In yesterday’s post, I wrote about Jesus’ setting His face to go to Jerusalem, and I connected the Lord’s determination to carry out His Father’s will with the necessity for us to set goals and fulfill those goals. The Apostle Paul understood the importance of carrying through with goals and he wrote, “Not that I […]

He Set His Face “When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem” (Lk 9:51). I love that text. Jesus had a goal and nothing – absolutely nothing – was going to keep Him from fulfilling His mission. Very few of us will set our […]

Snow Days Snow covers the ground here in southern Virginia. The sun is out, there’s not a cloud in the sky, and the scene is absolutely beautiful. School is out, and my family is home. We’re safe, we’re warm, we’re dry, and we have full stomachs. We’ve been at home since we came home from […]

We the People “The Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will” (Dan 4:32) Jesus to Pilate: “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my […]

Five Blessings of God’s Love “God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life” (Jn 3:16) “God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Rom 5:8) “In this is love, not that […]