Proverbs 31:10 New International Version (NIV)  “A wife of noble character who can find?  She is worth far more than rubies.” Other than accepting God’s free gift of grace and receiving salvation, the next best thing to ever happen to me was finding His choice for my wife.  Our marriage didn’t occur by happenstance.  Both […]

Genesis 19:24-25, 27 New International Version (NIV)  24 Then the Lord rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah . . . 25 Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, destroying all those living in the cities . . . 27 . . .  and he saw dense smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a […]

Matthew 17:1-3 New International Version (NIV)  “After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John the brother of James with him. He led them up a high mountain. They were all alone.  There in front of them his appearance was changed. His face shone like the sun. His clothes became as white as the light.” […]

Revelation 21:23  New International Version (NIV) “The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp.” No doubt you have wondered about deep questions regarding heaven–what it looks like, where it is, what we’ll do there, etc.  […]

Isaiah 40:22 New International Version (NIV)  “He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy, and spreads them out like a tent to live in.” Three years ago my wife and I vacationed in Utah.  (Put it on your bucket list […]

Luke 18:31-33  The Message                                                                                                       […]

Luke 14:26-27 New International Version (NIV)  26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple. 27 And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.”  — Jesus Christ Without tipping my hand […]

2 Kings 2:23-24 New International Version (NIV)  “23 From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and jeered at him. “Get out of here, baldy!” they said. “Get out of here, baldy!” 24 He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse […]

John 1:1 New International Version (NIV) “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”  John 1:14 New International Version (NIV)  “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the […]

Leviticus 20:3-5 New International Version (NIV)                                                                                                   […]