As I’ve been studying this week’s stanza of Psalm 119, the psalmist’s words “It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes” reminded me of the melancholy poet William Cowper’s beautiful stanza in “God…
Film maker Walt Disney was ruthless in cutting anything that got in the way of a story’s pacing. Ward Kimball, one of the animators for Snow White, recalls working 240 days on a 4 1/2-minute sequence in which the dwarfs made…
START ON THE SUNDAY PRIOR TO EASTER SUNDAY This is Palm Sunday because people laid the branches in his path. Read Luke 19:28-42 and Zechariah 9:9. Reflection: How often do you praise God for coming into your life? MONDAY: Read about Jesus at…
In September 2017, when Jess and I first visited Lassen Volcanic National Park, we challenged ourselves to climbing the menacing volcano Mount Lassen and trekking out to the remote Chaos Crags. The next summer, we felt we had earned a…
In this week’s section of Psalm 119, we’ll encounter the wonderful reality that God’s Word gives us freedom, but what is freedom according to God’s perspective. I think John Piper offers us a helpful and biblically informed definition of this…
Our Scripture this week begins with this prayer in Psalm 119:25: “My soul clings to the dust; revive me according to your Word!” The timing of this passage has come at an intriguing moment in our nation. I realize many…
“Jesus, at thy command, I launch into the deep, and leave my native land, where sin lulls all asleep; For thee I fein would all resign, And sail to heav’n with thee and thine. What though the seas are broad,…
Ever notice that when your cup of happiness is full, somebody always jogs your elbow? That is funny but true at times. But the pursuit of happiness is the pursuit that our early American forefathers called us to. “Life, liberty…
Merry Christmas Church! Every Christmas, since I came to faith in Christ Jesus some 36 years ago right here at Granite Hills Baptist Church, I am so blessed to know the true meaning of Christmas. The meaning that through all…