Issue 1688 – Hope – March 17, 2025
When we should be the voice of grace, love, forgiveness, and hope, we can come across as just another panicked, hate-filled group. My friends, that should not be so.
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Issue 1686 – Weakness – March 1, 2025
God took something, in conditions totally unsuitable and stunted, and brought fruit from it. If He can do that for a lowly stalk of wheat, imagine what He can do for His people.
Issue 1685 – Juniper Fox – March 12, 2025
The juniper fox was in that old bush, just waiting to be discovered. I have often found something similar in reading the Scriptures.
Issue 1675 Toil February 19, 2025
No matter how much we strive and toil, we cannot earn our freedom in Christ. No amount of good works can ever atone for our sin.
Issue 1672 – Snarling Dogs – February 14, 2025
My friends, we should not be known as haters. Even in extreme disagreement, we should seek peaceful understanding rather than sounding like a rabid mob.
Issue 1671 – Spotted Towhee – February 13, 2025
After writing about chuckling ducks yesterday and thinking of the call of a towhee today, I wanted to know if you could identify Christians by their sounds.
Issue 1670 – Chuckling Ducks – February 12, 2025
It makes me think of how Christians ought to sound. Only believers have any true hope in this life or reasons for true, lasting joy. No matter what is happening around us, we always have a reason for joy.
