August 2020
August 25
Day 164: My Watch Has No Concept of Sin I like my iPhone. I like my iWatch. They talk to each other. In fact, all of my digital devices talk to each other. And probably never have arguments between themselves. And then they tell me things. (Probably not everything; they may be keeping secrets.) Some […]
August 24
Day 163: Audience of One This morning, it was impossible for me to rush through reading the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7.) We preached through this passage a couple of years ago, and still even now it stops me dead in my tracks. Chapter 6 begins with, "Beware of practicing your righteousness before other […]
August 23
Day 162: Just One More Hour I sit here writing to you as part of my favorite time on Sundays. I do love gathering with our church. I do love proclaiming the Word of God to His people. I do love sharing in the "Communion of the saints." I love our times of corporate prayer. […]
August 22
Day 161: Giving Ourselves Permission John 5 tells us the story of an interaction between Jesus and an invalid. Before healing him, Jesus asks "Do you want to be healed?" Playing the role of Captain Obvious, any of us reading that would respond with, "Of course, Jesus!" But our Lord knows something we don't. He […]