“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end” (Ecclesiastes 3:11, NIV). We were made for eternity. Created in the image of God, our spiritual grandparents, Adam and Eve,…

“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God” (2 Corinthians 5:21, NIV). Trading is part of the human experience. From an early age, we learn the art of the deal. Trades occur daily across elementary…

“Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight” (Proverbs 3:5-6, NIV). Contemporary science teaches that the human heart is made-up of muscular tissue. Like other muscles of the body,…

“For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal” (2 Corinthians 4:17-18, NIV). There’s…

“For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit” (1 Peter 3:18, NIV). Suffering is often synonymous with sacrifice. The sacrificial systems of the Old Testament involved the…

“ ‘He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God’ ” (Micah 6:8, NIV). God spoke to his chosen people of Israel through a series of prophets. Micah…

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1, NIV). Echoing the words found in the Genesis Creation account, the Gospel writer John declares that Jesus was present “In the beginning…” (Genesis 1:1; John 1:1, NIV). Long before the man,…

“Paul gathered a pile of brushwood and, as he put it on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself on his hand. When the islanders saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to each other, ‘This man must be a murderer; for though he…

“Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written” (John 21:25, NIV). If the life of Jesus could be described in one word, that word might…

In simpler times, before the invention of palm pilots, cell phones, and other more advanced technology, a young boy like me would write important information on the palm of his hand. Paper notepads were in existence, of course, but were far too cumbersome for the typical pre-adolescent male to carry…