Romans 14:1-15:7 Picture Paul writing his letter to the followers of Jesus in Rome. He poured his head and heart into the first eight chapters, writing down the theology of the church. Then he paused and asked himself, “What about my fellow Jews?” Many Gentiles were coming to faith in Jesus but fewer and fewer…
Romans 13:8-14 Atomic clocks are the most accurate keepers of time. Since 1967, the International System of Units (SI) has defined the second as the duration of 9,192,631,770 cycles of radiation corresponding to the transition between two energy levels of the caesium-133 atom. (How many of you already knew that?) So time is regular. Time…
Revelation 1:10-18 Dan, one of my Facebook friends, posted this status on his page: “I’m not anti-Christmas, but the point of Jesus was and is Easter.” This set off a string of comments. Doug wrote, “Christmas is the big, noisy introduction song. Easter is the coup de grace, the ultimate triumph.” Elizabeth wrote, “Think about…
Mark 9:2-8 A man visited his friend who had just started as pastor of a church and realized that the acoustics for worship would be much improved if the piano was moved from the left side of the pulpit to the right. He suggested this but the pastor had talked with the elders and realized…
Acts 15:36-41 You have probably noticed that I am a big Paul Simon fan. In my first years as a Christian, a speaker at our church suggested we pick someone famous and pray for them. So over the years, I have prayed for Paul Simon, some years more than others. Whenever he comes out with…