Month: September 2011

  • Scared to Death (1)

    For God shall bring every work into judgment, with all that is hidden, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.  Ecclesiastes 12:14  Jay Green Every work – Scrupulous!  Rigorous!  Meticulous!  Do those adjectives describe your life before the Lord – or are you one of the many who seem to think that God’s…

  • Human Dualism

    Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.  Genesis 2:7  NASB Living Being – Will we ever get past Genesis?  Probably not.  The depth of this account of creation can hardly be plumbed.  Once more we return…

  • Granada, Nicaragua

    There is another group of people in Nicaragua who are threatened with extinction.  Not just the young, but also the old.  In this country, you work until you die. I met these people along the way.

  • Spiritual Obligations

    so that you may approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and blameless until the day of Christ;  Philippians 1:10  NASB In order to be – Read it slowly.  Paul has just proclaimed that God and God alone will complete the good work in us (v. 6).  God won’t stop the…

  • Anticipation

    being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.  Philippians 1:6  NIV The day of Christ Jesus – How long will it take for God to finish the exclamation of your life?  Paul gives us the answer.  “Until the…

  • Nicaragua

    In a land where the harsh reality is extreme poverty, the innocence of children is especially tragic.  Most of these little people will grow up uneducated, without dreams, sometimes without food.  Some will die.  Most will succumb to hopelessness.

  • Evelyn

    A wonderful reader named Evelyn sent me this message: “Dear Skip, There is no way I can adequately give in return for what I have received, but please accept this small donation as my appreciation of the ministry of Today’s Word.  Shalom, Evelyn.” I was blessed more by these words than by any financial support….

  • !!!

    being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.  Philippians 1:6  NIV To completion – Would you like to put an exclamation point behind your life?  Look no further than this word, epiteleo.  Actually, the root word is what…