Jump Start # 2369
Jump Start # 2369 Proverbs 10:9 “He who walks in integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.” Walking in integrity. We think of Honest Abe Lincoln or George Washington, who couldn’t tell a lie. Today, we wonder if any politician can tell the truth. Integrity means to be honest, […]
Jump Start # 2368
Jump Start # 2368 Psalms 37:25 “I have been young and now I am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his descendants begging bread.” I was in a store the other day buying some allergy tablets and the automatic checkout warning buzzed. A store clerk came over to verify that […]
Jump Start # 2367
Jump Start # 2367 2 Corinthians 7:6 “But God, who comforts the depressed, comforted us by the coming of Titus.” Our verse today is layered with many lessons and applications. God comforts the depressed. God comforted us, Paul says. The conclusion is that Paul was depressed. That bothers some of us. We don’t like […]
Jump Start # 2366
Jump Start # 2366 Proverbs 14:23 “In all labor there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.” Talk is cheap, so the saying goes. Great plays are made in huddles, but they don’t become great until they are actually executed. Generals make plans. CEO’s make plans. Shepherds in the church make plans. Even, […]
Jump Start # 2365
Jump Start # 2365 Luke 12:13 “And someone in the crowd said to Him, ‘Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.’” This passage is remarkable to me. I refer to it often. I use this when teaching young preachers. The background of all of this is amazing. Immediately before this, […]