Is There Hope In Heaven?
March 23, 2021
As a child, Florence Chadwick wanted more than anything else to become a great swimmer. At the age of six she persuaded her parents to enter her in a 50-yard race. They did, and she came in last. She practiced every day for a year and then entered the same contest. Again she lost, but this time by not so great a margin. At the age of 11 she entered an endurance competition and completed a 6-mile course—a remarkable feat for her age. As a teenager she competed for a spot on the Olympic team and failed to make the team.
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When a friend of more than 40 years was felled with a rather severe case of pneumonia and struggled to regain his health, a pastor called and told him that surely he had sin in his life and if he would only confess and forsake his wrongdoing, then God would heal him. It sounds much like some of the advice that good old Job got from his friends, too. But, as they say, with friends as that, who needs enemies?
March 22, 2021
You'll find them online and in book stores— books about the Bible, with a different twist. They all claim to be revealing hidden, secret codes contained in the Bible; and the average person thinks, "Wow! This is great. New revelations which computers have brought to light."
March 19, 2021
The document's final words read, "Gospel of Judas," and the content of the same would lead anyone to conclude that the author is the disciple of Jesus, the one who betrayed Him in the garden for 30 pieces of silver, and then hanged himself in contrition for the dark deed. It seems to be more than a mere coincidence that National Geographic released a special on this manuscript during Holy Week as though it was something just discovered, when, in effect, scholars have known about the document discovered in the sands of Egypt for a long, long time.
March 18, 2021
Should you ever have the opportunity to visit St. Paul's Cathedral in London, you must see the painting done by artist Holman Hunt—one of my favorite religious paintings. The artist pictures Jesus, a lantern in his left hand, knocking on the door of an English cottage. He based his painting on the closing words of a letter to a backslidden church in the city of Laodicea. In this, Jesus said, "I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20). Most evangelical pastors have quoted that verse, suggesting that Jesus stands at the door of your heart and wants to come within, taking up residence in your life. While that is true, the context conveys another thought.
March 17, 2021
My friend Wayne Pederson used to sign his letters and e-mails with the words, "Focus forward!" No more. He's changed the complimentary close to read, "Seize Today!" He discovered that when he was always focused forward, pushing to reach goals and objectives, he missed a lot of the view on the journey. Here's how he describes it: "At a meeting I was checking e-mail when the leader asked me a question. I had entirely tuned out of the discussion. Busted!
March 16, 2021
The late Dr. Karl Menninger, the famed psychiatrist, was intrigued by the emotion hope. Many studies have been done relative to the importance of love and faith; but as a psychiatrist, Dr. Menninger became convinced of hope's great importance related to survival. Hope is the enduring quality of the soul that gives strength to live and go on in the darkest of night.
March 15, 2021
The young Marxist looked his guest in the eye as he said, "Do you mind if I ask you three questions? First‑‑how can you be so sure there is a God? Can you prove God's existence? Secondly‑‑how do you know that the Bible is true? Thirdly‑‑if there is a God, why does He allow so many people to suffer?"
March 12, 2021
Nobody likes to fail; yet some of the greatest lessons in life are learned through failure. The reality, as Rick Warren has pointed out, is that "no one's life is an unbroken chain of victories. We all experience setbacks…defeats… losses… failures." That's the way it is.
March 11, 2021
How many times must you pray the same prayer and ask God to do the same thing before He hears you? Once, twice, or day after day until you get what you are asking for? Tough question, right? There are times when something bothers you and you pray about it. Nothing seems to happen so you pray again, and again. Or, may you give up entirely, thinking you don't know the right words; or you think, "This may work for others but not for me!"
March 10, 2021
Have you ever had the experience of praying for someone or something, and you never really knew whether or not your prayer was answered? If dead people could come back from the grave to tell what happened in their lives in those last few hours, or possibly those last few minutes, we might rest better at night; yet at times God remarkably allows us to discover how He answered a prayer in ways that have to be beyond the natural.
March 9, 2021
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