As goes my marriage, so goes my relationship with God. We’re two halves of God. To keep unity in God and to keep God whole in our marriage we have to get along. This takes forgiveness. Before I was a ...
In part 1 I sought to give some background on God’s perspective of forgiveness. In this article I will share some thoughts I have found helpful on my path to forgiving from the heart. I have come to r...
Forgiveness is one of the most powerful demonstrations of love. I can remember when I first studied the Bible, came to grips with my own sinful nature, and realized what Jesus endured on the cross for...
March is a month that I had been anticipating with great joy. My lambs were due on March 25. Before that time, however, were other needs to be met. The shearer would come on March 4. I would then be a...
One Wednesday evening during a church service we heard a lesson about Treasure in Heaven. The lesson contained several profound truths that could change our perspective on how we live this life and th...
One evening in a woman’s Bible study group we talked about the “nothing times.” It started when a young woman said something like this, “I moved here about five years ago. I had a baby who turned out ...
February began with a really fun event that I had looked forward to for quite a while. Periodically, there are a group of us that have the opportunity to learn from a world class trainer of border col...
What does mercy mean? Romans 12:1 (NASB) reads, “Therefore I urge you brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice…” “Mercies” in Greek is the word OIKTERMOS, wh...
Jesus, speaking of himself, taught that something greater than the Jerusalem temple, greater than Jonah, greater than Solomon had arrived on the stage of human history. GREATER THAN THE TEMPLE, GREATE...
I have become a shepherd. Well, actually I have been shepherding in the church for over 30 years, and yet now as I embark on the endeavor of shepherding a physical flock of sheep, I am gaining new ins...