It is all too easy to distance ourselves from the reality of the narrative in the Gospels. On Good Friday, we reflect on the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross; without His shed blood, we would have no redemption. But we often skip a day as we rush to the triumphant joy of His resurrection. […]
Betrayal
Judas Had Enough
At what point did Judas think to himself, “That’s enough Jesus, you’ve gone too far this time!” I believe Judas was not purely evil – no person starts out as such – but at one point, he turned his affections away from his Rabbi and gave into bitterness, which eventually led to his act of […]
Throwing out the Baby with the Bath Water?
Many many years ago, I learned that an author who I greatly admired and whose books helped me immensely in the early years of my healing from some past traumas, fell from grace, to put it mildly. I had a decision to make back then. I could discount all the healing and insight I received […]
God is Good – Always!
Let me repeat. God is good! Always!! Shortly before Betsie Ten Boom died in a prison of war camp, she passed on this truth to her sister, Corrie Ten Boom. Corrie was so profoundly impacted by this simple truth that she mentioned it in most of her books and her speaking engagements. “Often I have […]