Fig trees may not grow figs, and there may be no grapes on the vines. There may be no olives growing and no food growing in the fields. There may be no sheep in the pens and no cattle in the barns. But I will still be glad in the Lord; […]
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A Word of Grace – September 29, 2014
Dear Friends, Then he said to them all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me” (Luke 9:23, ESV). Patricia and our son Andrew, then four years-old, were making chocolate chip cookies for a wedding shower. I passed through the kitchen and asked Andrew […]
A Word of Grace – April 28, 2014
Dear Friends, Near Christmas, more than nine years ago, I wrote and sent out the following message. I will bless them and the places surrounding my hill. I will send down showers in season; there will be showers of blessing (Ezekiel 34:26) The mountains and the hills surrounding the campus of the Loma Linda University […]
A Word of Grace – April 14, 2014
Dear Friends, When Jesus had come down from the mountain, great crowds followed him;and there was a leper who came to him and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you choose, you can make me clean.”He stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I do choose. Be made clean!” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed. […]
A Word of Grace – February 10, 2014
Dear Friends, Only we who believe can enter his rest (Heb 4:3, NLT). I referenced a family vacation in a lecture to a university class one evening. At the end of class, the oldest student in the class did not leave the room and remained seated at her desk. She was tall blonde woman in […]