Author: Administrador

Topics: Arrogance; Caring; Compassion; Hypocrisy; Indifference; Judging Others; Popular Culture; Postmodernism; Salvation References: Matthew 9:36; Luke 15; 19:10 When we look at modern art or listen to modern music and are tempted to write it off (or find it amusing), we do well to remember the words of Francis Schaeffer: These paintings, these poems, and … Continue reading “ART
OF THE HOPELESS”

Topics: Adam and Eve; Fall of Humanity; Human Condition; Salvation; Sin; Sinful Nature; Woundedness References: Genesis 3; Romans 3:10; 5:12; 8:22 I have on my desktop a picture of Sasha, five, who was born in Chernobyl after the meltdown and explosions at the Russian nuclear facility in 1986. Sasha’s tiny arm grips the side of … Continue reading “OUR
CHERNOBYL”

Topics: Crisis; God’s Love; Goodness of God; Loss; Mysteries; Tragedy References: Ecclesiastes 3:11; John 13:7 Circumstances may appear to wreck our lives and God’s plans, but God is not helpless among the ruins. Our broken lives are not lost or useless. God’s love is still working. He comes in and takes the calamity and uses … Continue reading “LOVE
IN THE RUINS”

Topics: Depravity; Discouragement; Emptiness; Faithfulness; God; Grace; Guilt; Human Condition; Needs; Security; Self-image; Self-worth; Shame; Victorious Living References: 1 Samuel 16:7; Matthew 10:29–31; Luke 12:6–7; John 3:16; Philippians 3:7–9 If someone offered you a twenty-dollar bill, would you take it? What if that person wadded up the bill and threw it on the ground—would you … Continue reading “YOUR
WORTH”

Topics: Belief; Creator; Experiencing God; Fellowship with God; Gratitude; Happiness; Heaven; Joy; Life; Majesty of God; Nature; Optimism; Purpose; Reverence References: Psalm 8:1–4; 19:1; Romans 1:20; 1 Corinthians 2:9; 2 Corinthians 12:1–4 After I had faith, living things became precious to me. I wanted to pet them, hug them—babies and dogs and lizards, whatever. For … Continue reading “TURNING
ON THE SWITCH”

Topics: Despair; Discouragement; Encouragement; Experiencing God; Faith; Help from God; Hope; Jesus Christ; Miracles; Peace; Presence of God; Protection; Rescue; Supernatural Occurrences; Visions References: Psalm 23:4; 46:1; Isaiah 40:31; Philippians 4:13; Hebrews 13:6; 1 Peter 1:3; 5:7 Port Authority Police Department officers Will Jimeno and John McLoughlin were the last two people rescued from the … Continue reading “TRAPPED
WORKER SEES JESUS”

Topics: Aging; Assurance; Commitment; Confidence; Example; Faith; Fathers; Fruitfulness; Hope; Optimism; Persistence; Promises; Waiting on God References: Psalm 85:12; Isaiah 27:2–3; 44:4; Jeremiah 32:6–15; 48:47; Romans 5:3–5; 1 Corinthians 13:13; 1 Peter 1:3 In the darkest days of the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem, God asked Jeremiah to go out and buy a piece of real … Continue reading “TREES
OF HOPE”

Topics: Cross; Death; Easter; Faith; Fall of Humanity; Hope; Jesus Christ; Life; Miracles; Peace; Resurrection; Trust References: Genesis 3:1–24; John 3:16; Romans 3:1–26; 6; 8 The doctor said, “If you are a believer in miracles, this would be one.” The doctor was talking about Alcides Moreno. By every law of physics and medicine, Moreno should … Continue reading ““THIS
WOULD BE ONE””

Topics: Challenges; Circumstances and Faith; Doubt; Experiencing God; Faith; Fear; Hope; Jesus Christ; Light; Lostness; Mysteries; Overcoming; Presence of God; Promises; Reality; Security in God; Seen and Unseen; Suffering; Trust References: Job 23:10; Psalm 23:4; 27:1; John 16:33; Romans 5:1–5; 8:28; James 1:2–4; 1 Peter 5:10 When I was a student at Harvard Divinity School, … Continue reading “SEEING
JESUS IN THE DARK”

Topics: Adversity; Despair; Hardship; Help from God; Jesus Christ; Overcoming; Pain; Presence of God; Problems; Questions; Security in God; Struggles; Suffering; Trials; Trust References: Matthew 11:28–30; Romans 5:3–5; 2 Corinthians 4:11; Hebrews 4:15; James 1:2–4; 1 Peter 1:6–7; 2:24; 5:10 In an interview with Lee Strobel, Peter Kreeft concludes that the answer to suffering is … Continue reading “YOU
AND SUFFERING”