2 Timothy 1:14
Today marks the 32nd anniversary of the great blizzard of 78. I was 24 years old at the time, single, teaching high school in a Toledo suburb, and living with one of my old friends. The blizzard struck on a Wednesday and I remember staying up quite late, drinking beer, and playing backgammon with another [...]
Some delude themselves because of God’s mercy. They say: “I still have a little time left to live how I like. Why shouldn’t I live how I like as much as I like and then turn to God later? After all, God has promised to pardon me.” I respond, “True, but he has not promised [...]
Things like this—and they are constantly happening—gradually convince us that the overruling reality of life is the Will and Choice of a Spirit acting not in a mechanical but in a living and personal way; and that the spiritual life does not consist in mere individual betterment, or assiduous attention to one’s own soul, but in a free and unconditional response to the Spirit’s pressure and call, whatever the cost may be.
A Christian leader is a [person] of hope whose strength in the final analysis is based neither on self-confidence derived from his [or her] personality, nor on specific expectations for the future, but on the promise given him [or her]. This promise not only made Abraham travel to unknown territory; it not only inspired Moses [...]
After this, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.” —Genesis 15:1 Do you consider God your “great reward” or are you pursuing other things you consider to be of greater reward? Do you see him as your shield [...]
