Entering Enemy Territory
The wind is howling, a storm is raging, the boat is swamped . . . and Jesus is in the back of the boat, asleep on a cushion. Shaking Jesus from His slumber, the disciples cry out, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?” (Mark 4:37-38). These seasoned sailors would have...
God’s Divine Risk
We are not even told his name: the man otherwise known by the demons that tormented him, or Legion. The Gospel writers simply describe him as a “demoniac.” If there is one story in the New Testament that epitomizes the ravages of evil in humanity, it has to be this...
Legion Bible Study – A Note From the Author
(Adapted from my new Bible study, LEGION: Rediscovering the God Who Rescues Me.) Longing For Paradise If there is one universal truth, it is that every human heart longs for paradise. A perfect world without death, pain, or sorrow. A world at peace, where each of us...
Why Do We Dream for a Perfect World?
It was a cool winter day when a newborn baby was left at the door of an orphanage. No one knew where she came from or the day she had been born. As the child grew, she dreamed about her future family. She imagined her adoptive father and mother and the home they would...
Kick-Start Your Quiet Time
I'll never forget the day. I was a new Christian and sat down for what I knew would be barely a 5-minute Quiet Time. Convicted, I confessed to God, “I know something has been standing in the way. I wake up and rush to work and barely spend a few minutes with You. I’m...
Courage to Embrace Your Call
“Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land Unto All the Inhabitants Thereof”- inscription on the Liberty Bell Celebrating Freedom What a mission! These words are inscribed on the bell that rang out at the first reading of our country's Declaration of Independence. For...
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