Using Your Talent: A Quint of Quotes
Fellow travelers, Here is another “Quint of Quotes,” or five somewhat related sayings, from my collection. I hope you find them interesting and thought-provoking. Enjoy! “Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best” – Henry Van Dyke “We can do no great things, only small things with great love.” – Mother Teresa “It is not your business…
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Jesus is the Best Fisherman
During His life on earth, Jesus called 12 men to special positions as His disciples or apostles. Out of these 12, at least 4 and possibly 7, were fishermen, a common trade at that time. The gospels have many fishing stories, including one in Luke 5 when Jesus is about to call His first disciples. One morning after Simon Peter and some other fishermen had been working all night without…
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Daily Readings for September 28 – October 4
Fellow travelers: For those looking for a Bible reading plan, each week I post 2 chapters to read per day as a main reading plan, and for anyone who wants to read the whole Bible in 2026, I’ll post the extra chapters to read that week. The main readings will include nearly all of the New Testament, plus Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, the Prophets, and a few other Old Testament books.…
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Work, Labor, and Steadfastness
Many are familiar with the Biblical triad of faith, hope and love from 1 Corinthians 13:13, which says: “So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” In this verse, Paul is calling these 3 characteristics the most important, with love above the other 2. In another of Paul’s letters he joins this triad with another one. 1 Thessalonians 1:2-3 says, “We give…
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Does God Like Us?
Loving someone and liking someone are not the same thing. Christians think and talk often about the love of God and how He loves His people. Love is about sacrificing our own interests for the best interest of another, and the incarnation and the cross show what love is in a way nothing else can. When we think of God’s attributes, love is often near the top of the list. …
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Praying Without Ceasing
Sometimes the Bible asks us to do things that are hard to take literally. For example, in 1 Thessalonians 5:17 Paul writes that we should “pray without ceasing.” Other translations say “pray continually,” the same basic message. But what does it mean? We can’t kneel, fold our hands, and repeat the Lord’s Prayer all day every day. Paul wasn’t asking us to do the impossible, but how does one actually…
Keep readingOnly God Has Tamed the Tongue
In many Psalms, the authors complain about the evils in the world and compare them with God and His perfect attributes. Psalm 12 is one of these, and begins with David lamenting the ungodliness he sees in the world in the first verse: “Save, O LORD, for the godly one is gone; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.” What is David so upset about? James…
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The Value of Work: A Quint of Quotes
Dear fellow travelers, Here is another “Quint of Quotes” from my collection on the theme of work: “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill “God is more concerned about His workers than He is about their work, for if the workers are what they ought to be, the work will be what it ought to be.” –…
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The Queen of Sheba’s Example
King Solomon, son of Israel’s greatest king David, was also a famous and renowned king. God asked Solomon what he wanted, and Solomon asked for wisdom to rule the people. In addition, the Lord also gave him “riches and honor, so that no other king shall compare with you, all your days.”[1] His rule was likely the high point of Israel’s kingdom in terms of wealth. Surely Solomon was bound…
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Daily Readings for September 21 – 27
Fellow travelers: For those looking for a Bible reading plan, each week I post 2 chapters to read per day as a main reading plan, and for anyone who wants to read the whole Bible in 2026, I’ll post the extra chapters to read that week. The main readings will include nearly all of the New Testament, plus Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, the Prophets, and a few other Old Testament books.…
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