My Friend Psycho
Beaten. Broken. Bitter. The hard road had made him so hard, even his fellow prisoners called him “Psycho.” What could Christ do with a wreck like that? […]
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May 9, 2025 — O No!
“I will say of the Lord, ‘He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in Him I will trust’” (Ps 91:2). It has been said that if the enemy isn’t bothering you, you mustn’t be doing anything worth bothering. Well, Nehemiah noticed that those walls were certainly bothering “Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest […]
May 8, 2025 — Mission Accomplished
Is there a God-honoring objective? A plan to take you there? A commitment to follow through? The issue at hand was too serious to leave to their whims. Nehemiah wanted their verbal agreement memorialized in a vow. “Then I called the priests, and required an oath from them that they would do according to this promise” (Neh […]
May 7, 2025 — Smarten Up!
In the life of faith, it’s impossible to enrich others without ourselves becoming soul-enriched. Hard to believe, some of the “Jewish brethren” (Neh 5:1) were using the crisis in Jerusalem to enrich their pockets and impoverish their souls. When Nehemiah heard, he “became very angry” (v 6). But Scripture warns, “Be angry, and do not sin: do not let the […]
Episode 17: The Trinity Impels Us On To Heaven
May 6, 2025 — Hard Work Meets Hard Hearts
True brothers never take advantage of you. They grieve your difficulties and celebrate your success. Unusual times demand unusual sacrifice. As Paul would say during the “killing times” in the first century, “Because of the present crisis, I think it is good for a man to remain as he is” (1 Cor 7:26, BSB). He didn’t consider […]
His 5 a.m. Appointment
A young man wanted to know the old man’s secret for keeping his 5 a.m. appointment with the Lord every morning. Here it is… […]
May 5, 2025 — Fighting Without, Fear Within
I’d rather stand with God and be judged by the world than stand with the world and be judged by God. Here’s a progress report: “The walls of Jerusalem were being restored and the gaps were beginning to be closed” (Neh 4:7). Of course this stirred up a hornet’s nest with their detractors, “and all of them conspired […]
An Open Door
Imagine a Canadian, living in the U.S., but visiting in Northern Ireland. There he is invited by a stranger into his home in a city across the border in the Republic of Ireland, to speak to a roomful of people whose hearts are also open to hear God’s Word. How does this happen? Who opened […]