Month: May 2007 (page 2)

The other night at dinner my family reviewed the Old Testament story of Jehosheba.  The quick summary is that a murderous woman named Athaliah made it her goal to murder all the heirs to the throne.  But, for brave Jehosheba she would have been successful.  Jehosheba was heroic.  She hid her little nephew and his nurse for six years.  Discovery at any time would have meant horrible death.

My family and I talked about what had to be true of Jehosheba in order for her to save the life of her baby nephew.  We concluded that in a time of crisis Jehosheba combined clear thinking, faithful courage, and decisive action.

Week of May 7, 2007

One way to beat depression is to stop thinking of ourselves and start thinking more deeply about Christ.

Let me tell you something to avoid asking a friend who is feeling down.  I am not saying it is always wrong, but be careful.  Ask this question and you may make the situation worse.Here is the question to avoid, “How are you doing?”  “How’s it going for you?”

Week of April 30, 2007

The biblical concept of submission is a beautiful one.  God works in and through submission and uses those over us to shelter us from some of the storms of life.

Non-Christians regularly throw around words that should not be part of a believer’s vocabulary.  No matter how flippantly people may say, “Oh my God,” Christians should never use our Creator’s name irreverently.

You already knew that.  What is interesting, is that there are words in the Christians vocabulary that society treats as swear words.