February 2018

***************************************** Ecclesiastes 3:6  —  (There is) a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away. Judges 2;19b-20a  —  They refused to give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.  Therefore the Lord was very angry… Galatians 5:22-23  —  The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.  Against […]

Joni Eareckson Tada, paralyzed since a diving accident when she was seventeen (she is now 68), was speaking to her husband’s high school government class about the implications of ‘right-to-die’ laws.  She tells this story from the discussion that day in her book When is it Right to Die? (1992, updated 2018). ———————————-    

     (continued…)  I must add that Jesus also went by the book, but in his own unique, and sometimes, infuriating way.  Jesus did not preach against the Old Testament, nor did he ever dispute its authority.  In fact, he said in that same Sermon on the Mount that he came not to abolish, but

Woodcut by Gustav Dore  (1832-1833) ———————– From my January 28, 2018 sermon. —————- Mark 1:21-28  —  They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach.  The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of

Rachael Denhollander, the first to publicly accuse Larry Nassar ————– “Rachel Denhollander and the Gospel of Costly Grace:  Naming Evil, Extending Forgiveness” by John Stonestreet with Stan Guthrie, February 2, 2018, at:  http://www.breakpoint.org ————————————      It was the most amazing courtroom testimony I’ve ever heard…      Years ago, Rachael Denhollander was a vulnerable

From “A Critical Care Surgeon Meets the Great Physician,” by Kathryn Butler, February 17, 2017 in Christianity Today magazine, posted at: http://www.christianitytoday.com  Butler is a trauma and critical care surgeon.  Her book on end-of-life medical care through a Christian lens is anticipated in 2019 (Crossway).  She writes at Oceans Rise. ——————————————      (…continued)   Some time later, I transitioned to work

From “A Critical Care Surgeon Meets the Great Physician,” by Kathryn Butler, February 17, 2017 in Christianity Today magazine, posted at: http://www.christianitytoday.com .  Butler is a trauma and critical care surgeon.  Her book on end-of-life medical care through a Christian lens is anticipated in 2019 (Crossway).  She writes at Oceans Rise. ———————————————-      My eyes darted to the

From the Standing Strong Through the Storm devotional, posted January 26, 2018 at:  http://www.opendoorsusa.org ——————————— Hebrews 13:3a  —  Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison…       Matta Boush, an outspoken evangelist in South Sudan was arrested on political charges under questionable circumstances.  He was given a sentence