When we hear a phase like “the newest thing” we generally think of the latest TV show, flavor of soda, or computer upgrade. Our culture is profoundly interested in the Newest and Latest. We Americans especially look to the future…

Psalm 23:5

Thou preparest a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
thou anointest my head with oil,
my cup overflows.

Most people don’t think of horror as a genre of literature or film that is particularly agreeable to Christian sensibilities. However, two…

Psalm 100:3

Know that the LORD is God!

Much of what passes for art today is junk. What we see on television or at the movies or in pop music is increasingly about “pushing the outside of the envelope.” That is, it is…

Exodus 15:13

Thou hast led in thy steadfast love the people whom thou hast redeemed,
thou hast guided them by thy strength to thy holy abode.

Paul tells us that the things written in the Old Testament were written for the benefit of…

The devil, so the saying goes, is the ape of God. And so one of his standard methods for deceiving is to create parodies of good things and send them into the world in pairs.

Why parodies? Because he cannot make,…

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us.

The great…

Lamentations 3:25-26

The LORD is good to those who wait for him,
to the soul that seeks him.
It is good that one should wait quietly
for the salvation of the LORD.

Seeking God is an essential part of finding him.  Waiting for God is…

Psalm 103:11-12

For as the heavens are high above the earth,
so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
as far as the east is from the west,
so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

God, said the medieval theologians,…

Psalm 20:7

Some boast of chariots, and some of horses;
but we boast of the name of the LORD our God.

Not much has changed.  Ancients boasted of chariots, we boast of cars.  Ancients boasted of horses, we boast of horsepower.  But chariots,…

Proverbs 18:24

There are friends who pretend to be friends,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Today’s verse is a favorite for greeting cards with gooey sentimental pictures of the Jesus with high cheekbones, blue eyes, and sob…