Luke 16:13 “No one can serve two master. Either you will hate the one and love the other or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” There is much talk about money and wealth these days. Much is aimed at the people at theContinue reading “Money As A Tool”
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Misplaced Fear
Luke 12:4 “I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. I think there is one fear that is common across humanity. AT one level or another everyone has a fear of death. They might say it differently, like, “I don’t wantContinue reading “Misplaced Fear”
Eye Light
Luke 11:35-36 See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness. 36 Therefore, if your whole body is full of light, and no part of it dark, it will be just as full of light as when a lamp shines its light on you.” Our eyes tell a lot about a person.Continue reading “Eye Light”
Greatness
Luke 9:43 And they were all amazed at the greatness of God. While everyone was marveling at all that Jesus did, he said to his disciples, Have you ever noticed that there are some people who just love the spotlight. If there is a place a prominence, they want to occupy that space. They wantContinue reading “Greatness”
Size of Forgiveness
Luke 7:47 Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little.” We love to hear about transformed lives. But not all lives! When someone takes a radical turn toward self-destruction, we don’t like those stories. We want to think that theContinue reading “Size of Forgiveness”
Tested!
Luke 4:29 They got up, drove him out of the town, and took him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw him off the cliff. Our current political life has become one of hate filled words and actions. Instead of debating ideas as the Founders envisioned,Continue reading “Tested!”
Not a Bright Future
Luke 2:34-35 34 Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: “This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against, 35 so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. And a sword will pierce your own soul too.”Continue reading “Not a Bright Future”
A Powerful Start
Luke 1:1-2 Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, 2 just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word. One of the cultural myths that still is promulgated among the intellectual elites isContinue reading “A Powerful Start”
John 19:15 Bitter Taste
John 19:15 But they shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!” “Shall I crucify your king?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” the chief priests answered. Sometimes the words we speak can leave a bitter taste in our mouths. The words carry a message that is filled with truth, but truth that weContinue reading “John 19:15 Bitter Taste”
Bad News to Peace
John 16:32-33 32 “A time is coming and in fact has come when you will be scattered, each to your own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me. 33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this worldContinue reading “Bad News to Peace”
The Arnold Journey 