Prov 13:4 - The slacker craves, yet has nothing, but the diligent is fully satisfied. (HSCB) I love this verse, partly because it uses the word “slacker”, but mainly because of the great truth and promise that it is. I must confess that after I took to using the Holman Christian Standard Bible I fell in [...]
Tis nearly Christmas! I love Christmas – the celebration amongst families and friends; the exchange of gifts; a short break from work; but most of all, it is the time where we remember the birth of Jesus. May it be sunny and fine if you live in the southern hemisphere, and may it be a [...]
In Rom 12:2, Paul gives the charge to the believers in Rome to transform or change their mind by allowing it to be renewed by the Spirit of God – Paul said the renewal, not the removal, of your mind! The New Century Version calls us to be changed from within to a new way [...]
I have spent the last couple of days looking for a car for my 17 year old. It brought back memories of my first car, a 1980 Toyota Corolla station wagon that I bought in late 1983 at a cost of $3,000. That was quite a bit back then and I wasn’t sure what we [...]
I’m a Mac user, and proud of it. When I made the switch from Windows in 2004 the biggest challenge that confronted me was what bible study software would I use. For all of my Windows life (from 3.0 to XP) I had used various versions of QuickVerse and it’s associated atlases and dictionaries. Unfortunately [...]
In our Christian walk we sometimes feel isolated and disconnected from God. Sometimes it is just a dry season, a winter in our faith, rather than a spring-time of refreshing. However, many are the times when it is not a season of our life, but a time when we are walking in a wilderness, seemingly [...]
