Fill the earth When my maternal grandmother celebrated her hundredth birthday, there were five generations in the same room. Multiple mothers, fathers, children, cousins, nephews, aunts and uncles. And then there were grandparents, great grandparents and she was a great great grandparent. Because Luke and Sarah, our oldest two grandchildren, were present at the celebration. […]
As I was reflecting on our granddaughter, Sarah, helping lead a mission trip with 25 young people from our church this week in Dakar, Senegal, I was reminded of the design that God set up at creation. It is generational and he is faithful to his covenant. Sarah is our third generation. Our family and […]
These were the words of a 12-year-old in Jerusalem at an annual Feast. Of course, it wasn’t just any 12-year-old, it was Jesus. He was answering his parents because he had stayed behind in the temple with the teachers of the day. After three days of travel, they were very nervous that they couldn’t find […]
Planting seeds In my very early years of life, I was living on my maternal grandfather’s farm that he managed. I had the experience of seeing him, my family and workers planting small seeds. Most were cotton, corn and soy beans. I got to ride on the horse drawn plow with him and my uncle. […]
Fishers of men I never was much of a fisherman, in fact, I would consider myself a poor fisherman. When you don’t ever catch anything, you soon reach this conclusion. Jesus, most likely would not have chosen me to be one of his 12 disciples as I would not have been out there in the […]
There was a celebrity in the ‘50s who had a radio and TV show and it was primarily centered around this expression… ‘kids say the darndest things’. Art Linkletter, a native of Canada, was on to something. And the kids he interviewed really fulfilled his belief. Most were hilarious, some even profound, but all were […]
This past week, we were blessed by the birth of our second great-grandchild, Elijah. Which means “Jehovah is my God”. This is the second of our fourth generation. What a blessing to live and see (and bless) our daughter’s son’s child. He was born on the birth date of our youngest grandson, Renzo. Very special, […]
God saves To do what? Well, we can’t save anyone—that’s God’s work. As noted above in this verse, we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ to do good works prepared by him in advance before the foundation of the world. So, God does the saving with a purpose for us in mind. But, honestly, what […]
Absentee father When I first was led by the Lord to write From Faith to Faith, I believed that the number one issue in America was the absentee father. Having spent the past fifty years teaching Biblical truth to men in Texas prisons, juvenile detention centers and homeless shelters, I’m still convinced of this as […]
Rewards Not sure how any of us were that engaged in the Winter Olympics in China. But as of today, it has ended. Three weeks of joy, heartbreak, confusion and all other forms of emotion. As you read about the investment these athletes and their trainers make, you have to be amazed. The actual time […]