Sacrificial Love
Just as faith operates in the environment of doubt and hope operates in the environment of struggle, love operates in the environment of sacrifice. It surrenders selfishness to minister to others. This is the message of I Corinthians 13:4-7. Love is patient and kind. It does not envy or boast; it is not rude or…
Jonah’s Theology
The prophet Jonah ran away from obeying God; when he obeyed God, he did so with a grudge. It was only after being thrown overboard a ship, being swallowed by a great fish, and being spit up on dry ground that Jonah called Ninevah to repent. Jonah’s reason for initial disobedience was that he wanted…
Abounding Love
While Moses is up on Mount Sinai receiving the Ten Commandments engraved by God on two stone tablets, the Israelites offered their gold up to make a golden calf to worship! When Moses saw what the Israelites had done, he threw the tablets and broke them. Then in Exodus 34, Moses brings God two new…
False Hope
Hope is confidence in an optimistic expectation. But hope must be in something true and dependable. Psalm 33:17 tells us not to put our hope in a horse. Proverbs reminds us not to put our hopes in wickedness nor in people because our hope will die with them (Proverbs 11:7). The Pharisees placed their hope…
Hope & Struggle
Hope is confidence in an optimistic expectation. But hope lives in the tension of struggle. Job had more reason than most to be hopeless after losing everything valuable to him including his health. Yet Job (13:15) declared, “Even though he slays me, yet I will hope in Him.” Frequently in the Psalms David asked, “Why…
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Adrian Timmons 