“He who has ears, let him hear.” Matthew 13:9 The above verse is from the Parable of the Sower, which is about how various people respond to hearing the Good News of salvation through Jesus. If we read the whole chapter, we find that not everyone who hears and even accepts the Gospel will actually […]
Category: Light of the world
Salty and Lit
Today, I ran across this short speech from last year by Elizabeth Johnson (“Activist Mommy”) where she said that the young people are now referring to positive things as “lit” (formerly “cool” or “neat”) and negative things as “salty.” I didn’t know those words had been hijacked along with many other words, such as “gay” […]
Be a Light
But everything exposed by the light becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light. Ephesians 5:13 Just think – if God hadn’t designed the moon so that it would light up when the sun shone on it, then we wouldn’t see it at all, would we? That’s how it is with believers. He shines […]
Mirror, Mirror
I’ve been thinking about how unnecessary, and often even harmful, mirrors can be. They encourage us to focus on the outward appearance rather than the inner condition. They enable us to make comparisons with others, feeling prideful if we think our appearance is more desirable than others. (Why? Did any of us choose our looks or […]
The Eclipse
These are dangerous times we’re living in. Not because we’ll be harmed by today’s total eclipse (August 21, 2017), but because of the risk we take when we let anything obscure the Light of the world from our view. Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me […]