Dear Friends, In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab with his officers and all Israel with him; they ravaged the Ammonites, and besieged Rabbah, but David remained at Jerusalem (2 Sam 11:1). We greet each other in friendly terms. He is the CEO of my
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A Word of Grace – May 13, 2013
Dear Friends, And, besides other things, I am under daily pressure because of my anxiety for all the churches (2 Cor 11:28). Paul is the apostle who famously wrote, “Do not worry about anything” (Phil 4:5). Yet, here he is confessing to anxiety, something that Scripture is adamant against. The most frequent command uttered by
A Word of Grace – May 5, 2013
Dear Friends, The Lord’s Prayer is a hearty and helpful companion in my experience. I have no idea when I first learned it, unlike Psalm 23 which I learned from my Mom when I was four and recited in our little church. Both Scripture passages have personalized, enriched and illuminated my understanding of our heavenly
A Word of Grace – April 29, 2013
Dear Friends, Then Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. Now when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was God’s Son” (Mark 15:37-39). Watersheds are
A Word of Grace – April 15, 2013
There will be no message next week due to travel. # He brought me out into a broad place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me . . . You gave me a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip. Psalm 18:19, 36 Agoraphobia