READ: Proverbs 4:10-19 San Francisco Giants’ pitcher Jeremy Affeldt—a self-identified Christian— recently made news by returning $500,000 to the organization when he noticed there was a clerical error in his multi-million dollar contract that was causing him to be overpaid by 5%. Although lawyers advised him he could legally keep it, Affeldt said. “I won’t […]
READ: Colossians 3:23-24 Stan Bronson, Jr. is an icon of baseball. But he is not a pitcher, a catcher, an infielder or outfielder. He is not even an owner or manager. Stan is a bat boy—a bat boy who just completed his 55th season! The 84-year-old man, beloved by fans and staff at the University […]
READ: Hosea 2:15 I love the word of God in Hosea 2:15, “I will return her vineyards to her and transform the valley of trouble into a gateway of hope.” (NLT) Everyone reading these words occasionally finds himself in the valley of trouble. You may be in that valley at this very moment. You may […]
Love Rules Rule #2-Be Irrationally Hopeful 1 Corinthians 13, Luke 7:36-50 Hope is dreaming impossible dreams. “Love never gives up…” (1 Corinthians 13:7) “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” -Romans 15:13 […]
WHEN LOVE IS IRRATIONALLY PATIENT AND HOPEFUL I Corinthians 13:4-7 “4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 6 It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the […]