Bible Doodle: Colossians 3:3-8

3-4 Your old life is dead. Your new life, which is your real life—even though invisible to spectators—is with Christ in God. He is your life. When Christ (your real life, remember) shows up again on this earth, you’ll show up, too—the real you, the glorious you. Meanwhile, be content with obscurity, like Christ. 5-8 And that means killing off everything… Read More

Visual Correction

In the balcony of the Chicago Convention Center: pencil poised,22-year-old eyes focused on an empty screen, I wait for enlightenment.Puzzled, I notice others scribbling notes, and squint at the speaker.Is he, could he, be writing words that I can’t see? The next day, I made an appointment with an optometrist. How much had I missed… Read More

Transforming Regeneration

The fire destroyed everything: houses, barns, fields, and forest.Gone. Dead. Nothingness. There is nothing left to live for; my life is destroyed.Done. Empty. Nothingness. But God sent rains and sunshine into the nothingness left by the fire;the dying returned their nutrients to the ground in the ashes,and, out of the destruction, new growth appears. My… Read More

Reflecting God: Do others see HIM?

Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from him, throw off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is corrupted by lust and deception. Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes. Put on your new nature, created to be like God—truly righteous and… Read More