by Jeremy | Mar 25, 2022 | Sabbath Thoughts
James doesn’t have a lot of nice things to say about the tongue. He focuses on its destructive capabilities, calling it “a fire, a world of iniquity” that “defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by...
by Jeremy | Mar 18, 2022 | Sabbath Thoughts
“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one! You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your...
by Jeremy | Mar 11, 2022 | Sabbath Thoughts
People talk a lot about “being your best self” and “doing your best work.” Those are, in a lot of ways, ideas I can get behind. Solomon said, “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or...
by Jeremy | Mar 4, 2022 | Sabbath Thoughts
I watched a video of a dad sobbing as he said goodbye to his young daughter and wife as they boarded a bus. They were leaving; he was staying behind. Most people are saying the man is a Ukranian father sending his family to Hungary so he can stay behind and fight the...
by Jeremy | Aug 13, 2021 | Sabbath Thoughts
Growing up is hard work. I mean that in the metaphorical sense, but also in the very real, very literal sense. You began your existence as a single cell, which multiplied at an incredible rate until it became trillions—each of them designed by God to go exactly where...