Posts from 2023

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The Goodness of God

by Don Wright

How often do you give thanks to God?  As Christians, we have more things to be thankful for than we can innumerate, including many things that we take for granted and to which we give little thought.  One of those things is the goodness of God.   Psalm 118:1-4 (ESV) 1 Oh give thanks to the […]

Learning to Listen When It Hurts

by Don Wright

Listening to others has always been a challenge for people.  Even Christians find it hard sometimes to be a listener rather than the one doing the talking.  This is why James gave the admonition to hear. James 1:19 (ESV) 19  Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak… […]

Jesus Knows

by Don Wright

In the first section of the book of Revelation, there are seven letters written by our Lord to seven churches located in Asia Minor.  Each letter is unique to the church to which it was written, but there is one commonality in each of the letters—Jesus tells all the churches, “I know” (Revelation 2:2, 9, […]

Consider the Source

by Don Wright

In Romans One, we see the progressive nature of sin.  Specifically, we see the continual plight toward the moral ruin of those who deny the reality of God.  Paul said that these deniers of God “…changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted […]

A Desirable Addiction

by Don Wright

In most cases being addicted to something is not very desirable.  When we think about the alcoholic sitting on a park bench with half a bottle of liquor in his hand, his life all but ruined by his addiction to alcohol,  it is not a pretty picture.  It is certainly not a situation that we […]

Popular Passages in the Bible (Romans 1:16)

by Don Wright

Romans 1:16 (ESV) 16  For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.  There is good reason why this is such a popular passage.  It sets forth the theme of one of the greatest […]

Popular Passages in the Bible (Jeremiah 10:23)

by Don Wright

Jeremiah 10:23 (ESV) 23 I know, O LORD, that the way of man is not in himself, that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.  This is one of the most quoted passages in the Old Testament.  In this chapter, Jeremiah acknowledges the great sin of idolatry among the people of […]

Popular Passages in the Bible (Philippians 4:13)

by Don Wright

Philippians 4:13 (ESV) 13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me. Although Paul was a prisoner at Rome when he wrote this epistle, he still had a very positive attitude about his situation.  He believed that, by the providence and power of God, and the prayers of the saints, he would one […]

Popular Passages in the Bible (Galatians 2:20)

by Don Wright

Galatians 2:20 (ESV) 20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.  C.S. Lewis once said, “Until you […]

Popular Passages in the Bible (John 3:16)

by Don Wright

John 3:16 (ESV) 16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. Without question this is one of the most famous verses in the world and sets forth the greatest example of love that has ever been seen. The […]