Iconium, Derbe, and Lystra

Who Gets the Glory? “Friends, why are you doing this? We too are only human, like you. We are bringing you good news, telling you to turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heavens and the earth and everything in them.” Acts 14:15 Many years ago, I attended a concert that featured a well-known Christian …

Freedom

The Freedom Christ Gives So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law. Galatians 5:1 (NLT) Freedom doesn’t exist—not if it means we can do whatever we please without restraint or consequence. Satan has been spreading that lie since he slithered into the garden …

Unwavering Hope

At a craft show, I flipped through an artist’s prints for sale. I stopped when I came across a painting of three birds nestled among the words of Emily Dickinson: “Hope is the thing with feathers / that perches in the soul / and sings the words without the tune / and never stops at all.” Dickinson’s poem encapsulates the …