This coming weekend we will be looking at another portrait of Jesus by John.  In John 5, Jesus had an interesting exchange with a disabled man at the Pool of Bethesda.  The man had been there, knocked down, alone, and broken for 38 years, or to put it into perspective 13,870 days.  That’s a long time to suffer!  When Jesus saw him… (I love that observation by John), Jesus saw and knew this man had been ill for a long time.  The story of this man’s healing is a remarkable story, and the question Jesus asks reveals there is much more in it than meets the eye.  Jesus asked this...

Over the past weeks I’ve written that in order to cope with all the changes we face, it is important to know the things that do not change.  God’s love never changes and God’s word will never change.  Today I want to add a third unchanging essential.   GOD’S PURPOSE FOR YOUR LIFE WILL NEVER CHANGE. Have you notice that our plans often get changed? Why?  One of the reasons is we cannot see the future.  Several years ago Elli and I had made plans for a three day get-a-away.  It didn’t happen because something  prevented us from leaving town.   Circumstances beyond our control...

Have you read something that is already out-of-date?  When human beings write things they often get out of date very quickly.  Our society is changing so fast: we’re making such breakthroughs in technology, medicine, and science.   If you read an issue of Psychology Today from 1980 and compared it to an issue in 2010 you  would discover shifts of theories and therapies. You might be asking, “What’s your point Dave?”   If you build you life on things that change, you’ve got a shaky foundation.  Look at Psalms 119:152 (NLT) “I have known from my earliest days that your laws will...