“So you can know beyond a shadow of a doubt the reliability of what you were taught.” (Luke 1:4 MSG) Luke writes an account of the birth, life and death of Jesus Christ so that Theophilus can know. So that we, two thousand years later,…
Tag: Purpose
“Long before He laid down the earth’s foundations, He had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of His love, to be made whole and holy by His love.” (Ephesians 1:4 MSG) Yesterday, I spent a good deal of time in the…
“This is God’s word on the subject: as soon as Babylon’s seventy years are up and not a day before, I’ll show up and take care of you as I promised and bring you back home. I know what I am doing. I have it…
“I planned what I’d say if you returned to me: ‘Good! I’ll bring you back into the family. I’ll give you choice land, land that the godless nations would die for.’ And I imagined that you would say, ‘Dear father!’ and you would never again…
“Can you picture Me without reducing Me?” (Isaiah 46:5 MSG) Our strong tendency is to box God up into manageable proportions so we can cart Him around, make demands and stash Him in a closet when needed. We make Him just small enough to fit…
“Why would you ever complain, O Jacob, or whine, O Israel, saying “God has lost track of me. He doesn’t care what happens to me”? Don’t you know anything, haven’t you been listening? God doesn’t come and go. God lasts.” (Isaiah 40:27-28 MSG) We lose…