Monthly Archives: May 2023

“All the world’s a stage,” writes Shakespeare.  The stage of history is large.  Arrogant people appear on this stage from time to time, swaggering about, brandishing weapons and money, terrorizing and bullying.  At any given moment a few superpower nations … Continue reading →

You might be right in the middle of trouble caused by missteps in judgement, misleading trust in what is not really true, or relying people who told you lies.  You arrive at truth but to undo what you have done … Continue reading →

What do you look for in a person you want to be with these days?  I look for someone who is pleasant, smiles, looks me in the eyes with compassion, loves without conditions, listens, and speaks truth.  Typically, these are … Continue reading →

About four hundred years before coming to earth, Jesus is described for who He is and what He will do.  There is no one else who can lay claim to their foretelling birth and life in such detail proving that … Continue reading →

Micah’s message alternates between prophecies of doom and prophecies of hope; the theme is divine judgment and deliverance.  God sees, hears and knows all that is going on now and what will happen in the days ahead because He is … Continue reading →

We who believe God and trust in what He says to do because we love God are sick at heart when a fellow believer, we work alongside becomes increasingly more arrogant.   We sometimes cringe and look the other way while … Continue reading →

As we read the exploits of the bullies who “covet, grab, take and see people as only for what they can get out of them” in Micah’s day of prophecy, we realize that the same evil is happening in our … Continue reading →

Prophets use words to remake the world.  The world—heaven and earth, men and women, animals and birds—was made in the first place by God’s Word.  Prophets arriving on the scene and finding that world in ruins, finding a world of … Continue reading →

It is a slippery slope when we, as believers, are angered when a sinner who we don’t think deserves any mercy receives buckets full of grace along with forgiveness.  Even their countenance changes from prideful scorn to humbled, joyful praise … Continue reading →

It has been proven to me repeatedly, through God’s Word in the lives of the repentant and in my own life, that when we are at our worst and lowest, our prayers become more honest and sincere.  God bends down … Continue reading →