Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. (Matthew 7:17-18 NIV) Imagine two full grown trees. Both are planted beside a body of water – let’s say a river.Continue Reading

Those who are far from you will perish; you destroy all who are unfaithful to you. (Psalm 73:27 NIV) Psalm 73 in the Passion Translation begins: Here’s my story: I narrowly missed losing it all. I was stumbling over what I saw the wicked doing. For when I saw theContinue Reading

“When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.” (Proverbs 21:5 ESV) My “Bible Recap” plan had me read Exodus 7-9 today – right in the middle of Moses and the Egyptian Pharaoh’s “epic battle” over whether the Israelites could go and worship inContinue Reading