In the original sense of Psalm 11:3, the foundations are the pillars of social order. Yesterday’s Daily Reflection focused on this meaning...
Nobody has prayed in more presidential inaugurations than Billy Graham. (Note: If you’re interested in these prayers, you might visit a series...
This verse reflects an image from the Old Testament. In Exodus, the Lord delivered the children of God from Egypt, and then led them through the wilderness by a pillar of cloud during...
Throughout Britain these days, buses are displaying signs paid for by donations to the British Humanist Association. The signs read: “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life....
If you were reading Psalm 6 in the original Hebrew, you might be shocked by the opening imperative of verse 4 (which happens to be verse 5 in Hebrew). The verb “to return”...
Thus, the Lord is David’s glory in a double sense. David lives for God’s own glory, and God glorifies David, his faithful servant.
Isaiah 64 is a prayer in which the prophet acknowledges God’s greatness and Israel's great sinfulness.
Do you ever feel like the “restless sea, which is never still but continually churns up mud and dirt”? I do, though...
Yet Jerusalem says, “The LORD has deserted us; the Lord has forgotten us.” “Never! Can a mother forget her nursing child? Can...
When I was in my early 20s, I jogged for exercise on a fairly regular basis. One day I thought I’d try to run a marathon. There wasn’t an official race. I just...
In the midst of promising to judge his people for their unfaithfulness, the Lord offers a surprising word of hope.
When the eleven disciples of Jesus met Jesus in Galilee, “they worshiped him—but some of them doubted!” What a stunning statement!
Once again in Matthew 23 Jesus criticized the scribes (theologians and teachers) and Pharisees (laymen with a zeal for the law). These folks wanted to impress people with their exemplary piety. So...
Joseph was a teenager with grandiose dreams that annoyed everyone.His brothers sold him to slave traders, and he ended up in a foreign country. When his boss’s wife propositioned him, he rejected...
Years before this episode in Genesis 32, Jacob had fled from his home because his brother, Esau, was plotting to kill him. During his sojourn in a distant land, Jacob was blessed by...
Hagar is my unlikely daily-life heroine. Why? Because she encounters God in the midst of a terrible day. Probably the worst day...
Like most of us, Jesus' disciples wanted to be great. Once, they forthrightly asked Jesus, "Who gets the highest rank in God's Kingdom?"
The tongue-in-cheek headline from the Chicago Tribune reads "Spoken with Conviction." The editorial gives a list of colorful quotes by city aldermen later convicted of crimes. On the subject of...
Ever hear of E. W. Scripps? His media empire spread across daily newspapers in 15 states, the United Press Association, and the United Feature Syndicate. But, he worked mostly from his ranch,...
From the time I was born until I was just about to turn eleven years old, my dad was a practicing alcoholic...
