Being Christian Without Losing Your Mind
You are the light of the world. A city on top of a hill can’t be hidden…Let your light shine before people, so they can see the good things you do and praise your Father who is in heaven. — Matthew 5:14, 16 There’s a nature trail near our house. Walking it one day, I …
The people walking in darkness have seen a great light. On those living in a pitch-dark land, light has dawned. — Isaiah 9:2 A few inches of snow had fallen on Christmas Eve in Poplar Bluff. Streets were not plowed. But as a teenager who had had a deeply moving encounter with Jesus a year …
The night is almost over, and the day is near. So let’s get rid of the actions that belong to the darkness and put on the weapons of light. — Romans 13:12 Did you know that Missouri is the cave state? We have over 7000 of them. If you ever want to experience total darkness, …
If I said, “The darkness will definitely hide me; the light will become night around me,” even then the darkness isn’t too dark for you…because darkness is the same as light to you! – Psalm 139:11-12 The default setting on the dial of my soul is getting out of dark times as quickly as possible. …
Matthew 5:14-16 A young man, who’d been in my youth ministry twenty-five years earlier, walked into my church one day. After catching up with each other, he got to the point. “I stopped by to say thanks for saving my life.” That’s a conversation starter. He went on to explain how, as a youth, he’d …