The reigning American League MVP is also the shortest player in the Major Leagues: 5-foot 6-inch Jose Altuve, who plays for the Houston Astros. He was one of the team leaders who was instrumental in helping Houston to their first World Series Championship in franchise history last year. Mighty Mite Before God and Man He […]
Living the Kingdom on Earth
On the western side of the Mediterranean Sea is the Strait of Gibraltar, which opens up into the expansive Atlantic Ocean. For centuries the words “Ne plus ultra” meaning “No more beyond” were chiseled on the Mighty Rock of Gibraltar, which towers over the Strait. It reminded the sailors that beyond the Strait was nothing […]
Dave Backes has combined both skill and toughness like few players have done in the National Hockey League in the last 10 years. For the first several years of his career he played for the St. Louis Blues. He was their captain in the last few years he played for them. He now plays for […]
One of my favorite Detroit Red Wings’ hockey players is Luke Glendening. I like how he plays the game. Even though he is not the most talented member of the Red Wings, he gets everything out of his natural ability. He is a gritty player. He has always faced challenges in his hockey career. Overcoming […]
In the past six weeks, a group of us at our church have been going through a training class in intercessory prayer using the Lord’s prayer (Matthew 6:9-13) as the basis for the course. We are using Dr. David Chotka’s devotional study “Power Praying” with the subtitle ‘Hearing Jesus’ Spirit by Praying Jesus’ Prayer‘. It […]
Last week’s exciting Super Bowl was a great way to end the season for the NFL. My older sons and I, as well as some of their friends, end up watching football on most Sunday afternoons. We are Detroit Lions fans and even though they didn’t make the playoffs, they are an up and coming […]
The President and His Son On a certain occasion, several people were waiting in an outer room of the White House for their turn to see President John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office. All of a sudden, a little boy walked through the room and directly into the President’s office.The waiting visitors were indignant. […]
Tomorrow is The Epiphany in the Christian calendar. It is celebrated twelve days after Christmas. Epiphany literally means ‘revealing‘. In the Christmas season of Advent, we prepare ourselves for the coming of God’s glorious light into the world – His Son Jesus. In John 1:18 we read these words: “No one has ever seen God, but the one […]
In our Advent series this Christmas season, we have been looking at Jesus’s “I Am” sayings from the Gospel of John. We started the Advent messages a week early, so we have already looked at four of Jesus’s “I Am” proclamations: ‘I Am the Resurrection and the Life’; ‘I Am the Bread of Life’; ‘I […]
If I had to summarize what the whole Bible is about, it would be this: God is faithful to His people and His creation and in the end, He will fulfill all His promises and purposes for the world through Jesus Christ. In other words, God is reconciling the world to Himself, through His Son […]