1 John 5:19 Sometimes it is important to know your family tree. With some diseases that are passed down through the generations, it can be good to know if they have passed something to you. Of course it would be better if there was something you could do to prevent the disease taking overContinue reading “We Know – Part Two”
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We Know – Part One
1 John 5:18 I am glad we can actually know things. With the advent of Google searches we can know so much and yet know so little. The knowledge is available, but we must take the opportunity to learn it, to explore, to gather and partake. But even if we have head knowledge, weContinue reading “We Know – Part One”
Forgiveness
1 John 5:16-17 Some things are worse than others, but some people act as though one bump in the road is as bad as any other, that all bumps are of equal consequences. They get a hangnail and the end of the world has come. Their reaction doesn’t match the event. I loveContinue reading “Forgiveness”
Radio Repeaters
1 John 5:14-15 Radio Repeaters are devices that receive a radio signal that is weak and then amplify it and send it out again. Sometimes they transmit on the same frequency that they received. Sometimes they send it out on a different frequency. The content of the signal doesn’t change. What they received theyContinue reading “Radio Repeaters”
Certainty
1 John 5:13 There are few things in life about which we can be absolutely certain. Some believed their spouse’s love was a certainty until the affair was discovered. Some believed their child was safe and healthy until the fever wouldn’t let up, and the diagnosis came. Some thought their pension was safe untilContinue reading “Certainty”
Liar, Liar, God’s on Fire
1 John 5:10-12 Most of us don’t like liars. But many of us have lied at least once in our lives. We chose to cover something up in the moment, thinking it would cause us less pain. Lying is usually done to protect self. Some make lying a second profession. For those people, theyContinue reading “Liar, Liar, God’s on Fire”
Raise Your Right Hand, Please
1 John 5:7-9 Giving testimony in court used to be something sacred. You would raise your right hand, place the left hand on the Bible, and swear to tell the whole truth with God’s help. God was actually invited into the courtroom! That was a different day. Today the character of so manyContinue reading “Raise Your Right Hand, Please”
Clarity
1 John 5:6 Not everything is life is of equal clarity. There are things that seem fuzzy, unclear in the moment. If everything was equally clear, we would have all purchased Microsoft stock when it was only a few dollars a share. We operate in a world with so much information and yet soContinue reading “Clarity”
The Winning Game
1 John 5:4-5 Have you ever entered a contest knowing in advance that you were going to come out on top, that you were going to be victorious? Most of us don’t have the chance to be in a sporting event and know in advance that, not matter what it looks like at theContinue reading “The Winning Game”
Cheap “Sorry!”
1 John 5:3-4 So many of us have heard the cheap “Sorry!” You know what I’m talking about. You have heard those words in that same circumstance so many times that you know they don’t really mean it. They are just saying it because they know that is what you expect. “You left yourContinue reading “Cheap “Sorry!””
The Arnold Journey 