DEVOTIONS
               The longer I live and the wider I keep my eyes open, the more I am convinced that humility is not a virtue Americans value.  We don’t read books by humble people.  We don’t elect politicians for their humility.  We don’t listen to people who ask good questions; we listen to people who have [...]

DEVOTIONS
               I’ve said before that this year I have been writing down “great quotes” from my Bible reading.  Romans is another book that makes me want to “copy and paste” the whole book.  Rather than adding my own thoughts, let me just give you twelve favorite quotes from Romans.  It was VERY hard choosing only [...]

               Guidance.  Discernment.  Decision-making.  How do we know God’s will?
These are themes that resound in the history of the church since the time of Jesus.  When Jesus was on the earth, his disciples could simply ask him where he wanted them to go, what he wanted them to do, how a particular decision could best [...]

DEVOTIONS
               My pastoral predecessor at Corinth from 1930-69, Dr. Harry D. Althouse, once preached a sermon on John 21.  Dr. Althouse loved to fish, and he loved the outdoors, so I’m sure this passage grabbed his attention.
 
               He particularly focused on Jesus’ thrice-repeated question to Peter, “Do you love me?”
Here’s what he said –
 
Now one [...]

DEVOTIONS
Because I’ve been reading the Bible almost all my life of five-plus decades, I don’t remember many “firsts” in terms of discovering a text in Scripture.
But I remember exactly where I was when I first read John the Baptist’s remarkable statement, “He must increase, but I must decrease” (John 3:30, KJV).