Monthly Archives: July 2013

Chased by Goodness

The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I … Continue reading

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What’s the Point?

Elijah is overworked, stressed, and lonely. His great victory over the prophets of Baal during the Contest of the Gods on Mt. Carmel had been followed not by further victory, but with rejection and the threat of death at the … Continue reading

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Intended for Good

The friction that brothers and sisters experience with one another is described with the phrase, “sibling rivalry.” In the story about Joseph and his relationship with his ten older brothers (see Genesis 37-50), we discover a description of the problem … Continue reading

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Sometimes There is Ice Cream

Carpe diem: enjoying life is part of God’s purpose for you. At the end of the creation of the universe, God looked at the finished product and the author of Genesis commented, “God saw all that he had made, and … Continue reading

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The Process: Your Life as a Christian

Another of my books is now available as an ebook from Amazon for the Kindle: The Process: Your Life as a Christian How do you go about growing spiritually? What does it take? Peter explains that God has already given … Continue reading

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The Image

Genesis 1:26-27 records God announcing: “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over … Continue reading

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Just In Time

There is a tendency for human beings to create God in their own image. Many seem to picture him as an old man, like their grandfather with a white beard, sitting in a comfy chair somewhere. But the Bible never … Continue reading

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God Loves You

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. (1 John 4:7-8) The short … Continue reading

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The Temptation of God

Even God has faced temptation. God became a human being, and as a human being, he faced all the sorts of temptations that each of us experience (see Matthew 4:1-11 or Luke 4:1-13). Satan approached him once, after Jesus had … Continue reading

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Know-it-All

God really is a genius. The Bible describes God as the source of all wisdom and knowledge. This makes sense, since God is described as the author of the universe; thus, everything that exists, even the world of ideas, would … Continue reading

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