Then Why Are You Doing This?

“Then said they unto him, ‘Tell us, we pray you, for whose cause this evil is upon us. What is your occupation? And from whence do you come? What is your country? And of what people are you?’ And he said unto them, ‘I am a Hebrew—and I fear the Lord, the God of...

What Do You Mean, O Sleeper?

“So the shipmaster came to him and said unto him, ‘What do you mean, O sleeper? Arise, call upon your God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not’.” Jonah 1:6 Now is not the time for us to be asleep at our assigned post—for many souls hang...

The Danger of A Dull Conscience

“But, the Lord sent out a great wind into the sea and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken. Then the mariners were afraid and cried every man unto his god and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten...

On Going In the Wrong Direction

“But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the Presence of the Lord. . .” Jonah 1:3a As someone once said, “You can run, but you can’t hide.” Tarshish was a long way from Nineveh. Around 2,000 miles to be exact. And, it likely was located in the western...

God’s Sufficient Grace

Without a doubt, this is the hardest thing I’ve ever faced. I’ve read books and written papers on death-and-dying. I’ve led classes on grief recovery. I’ve stood at the graves of more people than I can count. I know numerous Scripture Promises to aid the bereaved....