Solomon’s Temple in 3D Artist Rendition Reading 1 Kings 8 today Observations: Long chapter, 66 verses, and over 4 full pages in my Bible. Solomon’s prayer at the dedication of the temple and a serious physical challenge. He knelt for the whole prayer with his hands raised to heaven (vs. 54). He spoke to … More What I am Thinking Today
A Christian, a proclaimed Christ-follower, has been caught and accused of the murders of two opponents of his political values. The media will make much of the things he is against, which correspond to many of the same values that Christians around the world and down through the ages have opposed on biblical grounds. He … More Violence in Minnesota
God only uses broken things. I don’t know why; I just know that is how it works. All of the heroes of the faith have brokenness in their biography. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Sarah, Hannah, Samuel, Esther, David, Solomon, Paul, Peter, John, all of them, and many more, had periods and seasons of deep … More Why Are Our Eyes Dry?
This morning, I have been meditating on Psalm 57. It has been some rough sledding. Sometimes, a psalm screams at your soul and begs you to listen. Other times, wisdom has to be mined like diamonds from deep underground. So, after writing, thinking, and meditating for hours, I turned finally, to my shelves with more … More Diverted from Study by a Poet from 1930
The ‘prophet’ Amos is actually a shepherd from Tekoa, to whom God gave several visions of God’s soon-to-be-revealed judgment of eight nations, including Israel and Judah. All of these small ‘nations’[1] are being judged primarily for their unfaithfulness and cruel treatment of the poor. Their collective violence and lack of compassion for the needy has … More “Yet You Have Not Returned to Me?”
There is nothing about the election in these prayers. These prayers are written for an election day in 2024 but they could be for any day. They might be the starting point for your prayers about the election but they are written as if there was nothing special going on today. They are written from … More Election Day Prayers
Prayers stimulated by the language of the psalms. These prayers are designed for three “stops” in the day. A morning stop is the “begin the day” stop. The mid-day stop is a call to repentance because the Christian life is a life of repentance. And the evening stop is a benediction on the day. All … More Monday Prayers Before an Election
For the remainder of November, I will offer three prayers a day for such a time as this in our culture. I hope they will help all of us process whatever happens in the election on Tuesday. After Tuesday, Jesus will still be King. Jesus will still be sovereign. Jesus will still be trustworthy. Remember … More Three Prayers for Your Sunday
There is a phenomenon alive in our culture that I find increasingly hard to digest in the belly of my soul. There is a river, feeding a deep and dark ocean of falseness, fed by multiple streams of thought, behaviors, practices and philosophies that in turn feeds a culture that writhes in deception. It feeds … More The Inauthentic Happy Face
Reading in Jeremiah 13 this morning It must have been an interesting couple of weeks or months for Jeremiah. God gave him an illustration in three parts over a period of “many days” (vs. 6) and then, after some time, gave the interpretation. These kind of passages in the word of God require an investment … More The Ruined Loincloth that was America
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