A Putrefying Ancient Custom

by | Dec 27, 2011 | holiness, sin

I hope your Christmas was a joyful celebration of Jesus’s birth. To think of God Himself coming to earth knowing He would die for our sins is amazing–and something I can easily take for granted. I must remind myself again and again of the wonder of it. And...

How To “Put On” Jesus

by | Dec 23, 2011 | holiness, sin, temptation

My last post addressed Romans 13:14: “But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts” (NASB).As I’ve meditated on that verse, I remembered what happened the other day when I made chocolate chip cookie...

Making Provision for Sin

by | Dec 23, 2011 | holiness, sin, temptation

If you were asked, “What Bible verse do you dislike?”, what would you say? That is a question that Larry and I ask, among others, when someone new comes to us for soul care/counseling. How a person answers the question can be revealing. But even as I would...

A Most Unusual Christmas Tradition

by | Dec 19, 2011 | Christmas, traditions

(This is a reprint from my blog from December, 2009).It wasn’t intended to be a Christmas tradition and yet because it took place over several years when my brother, sister and I were young, it became a tradition.In our house in Norwalk, California, the kitchen...