Daily Scripture Reading: Psalm 21; Isaiah 24:1-16a; 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12 In 1991 I lost my wife, Judy, to breast cancer. My daughters were sixteen and eighteen. My older daughter, Wendy, had been away at college for two weeks when her mother died. Wendy and Judy were best friends and...
Daily Scripture Reading: Isaiah 11:1-10; Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19; Romans 15:4-13; Matthew 3:1-12 “Waiting for God, Part 2”1 But what is the nature of waiting? What is the practice of waiting? How are they waiting, and how are we called to wait with them? Waiting, as we see...
Daily Scripture Reading: Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19; Isaiah 40:1-11; John 1:19-28 To say that my grandfather and I are close would be an understatement. From the beginning I have been “his baby.” In all my years of growing up, he never missed a recital, awards ceremony, or graduation...
Daily Scripture Reading: Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19; Isaiah 30:19-26; Acts 13:16-25 For anyone who has ever heard a word from God under my preaching ministry, Dr. Stephen Johnson is the person you have to thank. For those who think when I received my call to preach that God dialed the wrong...
Daily Scripture Reading: Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19; Isaiah 4:2-6; Acts 1:12-17, 21-26 The Day is Near December 21, 2012. Human kind’s last day on earth or at least we thought it would be. Social media, news, Mayans, and scientists were all discussing how we were hurtling toward...
Daily Scripture Reading: Psalm 124; Isaiah 54:1-10; Matthew 24:23-35 To have light “come” into your life means that there is a period of darkness for it to enter. I get caught up complaining about my “darkness”, when actually it’s really just...
Daily Scripture Reading: Psalm 124; Genesis 9:1-17; Hebrews 11:32-40 One of the sweetest ways God has shone light into darkness in my life is through Christian friends. Brett and I moved to Georgia a few weeks after we got married and only knew a few friends from college in the...
Daily Scripture Reading: Psalm 124; Genesis 8:1-19; Romans 6:1-11 Matthew 6:33 has always been one of my favorite verses. I believed that if I sought God first all my needs would be meet. I still believe that my needs will be meet, but according to God’s will not mine. DIVORCE...
Daily Scripture Reading: Isaiah 2:1-5; Psalm 122; Romans 13:11-14; Matthew 24:36-44 Waiting is not a very popular attitude. Waiting is not something that people think about with great sympathy. In fact, most people consider waiting a waste of time. Perhaps this is because the culture in...
Christmas Day “And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of heavenly host, praising God and saying, ‘Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom he favors!’” – Luke 2:13-14 Merry Christmas! Here’s a poem to help you...