Good or God?

Many years ago I tried to play golf.  My dad and father-in-law were avid golfers, so I tried.  Turns out, it is not for me.  There is one term in golf I used a lot.  Mulligan!  It’s a golf term for a do over.  Jesus life and death produced for us a new genesis.  A…

“How do you stay so confident everyday?”  As we talked I could tell she struggled with confidence in most areas of her life.  Trust… true trust in the Lord will bring confidence that is unexplainable.  David as he marched to battle Goliath was confident in God.  Noah as he built the arc was confident in…

I couldn’t take my eyes from them.  As I watched my grandkids play in the park I felt uneasy at the thought of them being lost or taken.  So much so that nothing else mattered at the time.  Them being with me and their safety was all that concerned me.  Then I thought of how…

He started with forty, and ended with three.  Forty days… alone… tempted… fighting… satan in his face each step of the way.  Each day was a battle and each step grew harder and harder. He wondered if his father had forsaken him.  After the forty days he came out of the desert having dealt with…

“Samaritans?  Half-breeds!  Who would think of associating with them?  They must stay in their village and they are not welcome here.  We must keep them in their place and their place is certainly not with us.”   He knew the unwritten rules.  Jews simply did not talk to samaritans.  But she was there.  He was…

In the movie Wonka’s mother had written: “It’s not the chocolate that matters.  It’s who you share it with”.  So it is, with the love of Christ. The point in the gospels is not that Jesus can work miracles. It is not for us to be astounded that Jesus can turn five loaves and two…