~ The Borrowed Book ~

12  Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has als...

2  Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the mutilation! 3  For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, rejoi...

These last few months I’ve been immersed in full-time care of my mother. The first weeks were spent trying to establish a routine, figuring...

14  Do all things without complaining and disputing, 15  that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the ...

How much of what we do is us? How much us God working in us? I would submit, it’s both. 12  Therefore, my beloved, as you have alw...

Good Friday, 2015. The Church was rocked, once again, by the news of   Kenyan university students, targeted for their faith and slaughter...

Christians are getting some seriously bad press lately. There are whole groups now dedicated to eradicating people of our faith from certai...

Attending the funeral of a young woman who just flew away home to heaven after a six-year battle with cancer will give a person perspective...

Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. For me to write the same things to you is not tedious, but for you it is safe. (Philippians 3...

Jesus was human as well as divine. We know this. But was He really human? 5  Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jes...

I’ll be honest ... I hate writing about love. Love is the one thing we crave above all others and the one thing we’re the worst at, in ...

Paul, still speaking of his imprisonment in Rome ... 19  For I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayer and ...

I grew up hearing, “Worry is a sin.” This is based, of course, on the scripture that tells us, “Do not be anxious for anything,” but ... wh...

7  just as it is right for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as both in my chains and in the defense an...

At a certain point in our lives, we’d like to be able to settle in and just “do life.” Not think about the things we struggled with when we...