Volume 3

These blogs are included in The Very Best of Sabbath Thoughts, Volume 3.

The Righteous Is Taken Away

The Righteous Is Taken Away

It's hard to dull the pain of losing someone we love. We know the verses. We know the promises. We know God's incredible, wonderful, beautiful plan....

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Listen

Listen

We have so many tools designed to amplify our voices. We can shout louder, be heard by more people than ever before. Your status update, your tweet...

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The Cost of Vision

The Cost of Vision

Some bad days you can see coming from a mile away. It's the little things that give it away, usually. Maybe you stub your toe first things after...

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Breathe

Breathe

In Exodus 23:12, the Hebrew word for "refreshed" comes from the verb naphash (H5314). It's a primitive root that means to breathe, to be breathed...

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Yesterday, Today, and Forever

Yesterday, Today, and Forever

Congratulations on the purchase of your brand new electronic device! Because we've crammed it full of all the latest technologies and software,...

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Hidden Imperfections

Hidden Imperfections

It's not easy being perfect. At least, that's what I hear. I wouldn't know. Perfection is a goal of mine, but I'm having a ridiculously hard time...

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“Are You for Us?”

“Are You for Us?”

Imagine, for a moment, being alone with your thoughts…and then looking up to find a man standing in front of you, holding a sword. It's not like he...

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Whiter Than Snow

Whiter Than Snow

I wonder how long David hated himself for what he did to Uriah. I wonder how long it took for him to be able to look at Bathsheba without thinking...

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Wings Like Eagles

Wings Like Eagles

There's a melancholy feeling I get whenever I look at an abandoned house. To some people, it's just an eyesore. I see the former home of a million...

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A Spiritual Stockholm

A Spiritual Stockholm

August 23, 1973 was a normal day at work for employees of Stockholm, Sweden’s Kreditbanken—normal, at least, until Jan-Erik Olsson entered the bank...

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