A promise you can’t take back

It’s a lovely follow-on to the book of Ruth (or should I say Naomi’s Story?).  But it contains the most shocking truth that absolutely does not fit in our culture today. The book of Esther tells the story of young Hadassah (Esther was her Persian name),...

PROOF: God can use Anyone!

That’s kind of what the dictionary definition of “omnipotent” means.  But when it comes to our lives, we’re really fast to put hard limits on Him. “I’m too old.” “I’m too young.” “I’m not smart...

The Book of the Bible with the Wrong Name

My church small group has been studying it, and I’ve been working on an online study to release this summer (if that interests you, I have something to say to you at the end of this email). This book carries the name of Ruth, the young Moabite woman who ends up...

What information is clogging your head?

I’m always surprised at how much “stuff” people can cram into their heads and spit it out on demand. The starting lineup of both teams in every World Series in the 1940’s (not to mention the batting average and earned run average of the same)...