“Rein it in” was one of my mother’s favorite sayings. Well, at least with me. Since I was always emoting over one thing or another, my introverted mother often repeated this term she’d heard her granddad use with the mules. “Don’t let that animal meander. Rein it in.” Several years ago, I found that this idea is a Biblical one. …
Drawing his neck upward, he wrenched his mouth open in a final, silent cry — the last gesture he would ever make. The bull’s severed head, pooling now in it’s own blood, stood upright by the stump of his neck in the dusty arena. The nearby ritual of the Malaysian priest was lost to me. All I could see …
“My house shall be a house of prayer” (Luke 19:26). Far too often we think this verse pertains to showing up to church on Sundays and making sure that someone voices a request to God. But in fact, the meaning is much closer to home. Look at the Greek meaning of the word “house” that Jesus used here. Although it …
At first glance, it looked like He was on His way to a wedding. It was a family affair, with His mother busily helping prepare. It would take almost three days for Him to walk there since it was about 70 miles or so (John 1:28, 43; 2:1). Why He resolved to go to the wedding, I don’t know. Maybe …
Ever noticed how God seems more interested with our inside than our outside? I suppose that since He Himself is Spirit, and our own rebirth results in a spiritual man – it would make sense that His dealings with us are first spiritual ones. Think about the paralytic that was lowered down the roof to Jesus. …
“Holy, holy, holy….I want to see You.” We sing all kinds of songs about knowing Christ and being more like Him. But do we really mean it? If we want to see Him, we need to know how His own spiritual vision works. What do spiritual eyes find attractive? The inner man, not the outer …
