The FOREVER NOTEBOOK

“Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.” 1 John 3:18 Nearly a year ago my wife and I decided it was time to downsize. Like many empty nesters our home needs had changed considerably since our sons had moved out on their own. Consequently, we abandoned [...]

For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. 2 Corinthians 5:14-15 “Those who live should no longer live for [...]

“He is not here; he has risen!”- Luke 24:6 What are your fondest Easter memories? The first Easter that I can remember was when I was five years old. My Uncle Buddy had joined the Marine Corps shortly before Christmas and didn’t return home from basic training until near Easter. Consequently, my mother decided to [...]

“Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”- Hebrews 12:2 When you go through difficult times your mind is consumed by the ordeal. To [...]

Now as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside and said to them, “We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will turn him over to the [...]

The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good.”- Psalm 14:1 This is the 4th in a series of Easter messages and today’s focus is on “fools.” You may be wondering what Easter has to do with “fools.” For that [...]

The Declaration of Dependence- Jesus is Lord “But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD [...]

“He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted.”- Isaiah 53:3-4 [...]

“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”- 2 Corinthians 5:21 It is Easter week and undoubtedly there will be some new ridiculous claim about the life and work of Jesus. The most recent bizarre assertion is the notion that [...]

“The next day the great crowd that had come for the Feast heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, ‘Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’”- John 12:12-14 I have long been fascinated with this scene which [...]