Holy Week Thoughts
Scriptural Basis: "Deliver us from evil." Matthew 6:13b Anderson's Applications: Suddenly turning a corner the sight before our eyes is overwhelming. Again and again, driving the Amalfi Coast of Italy, traversing the narrow, winding ribbon of highway that clings precipitously to the cliffs high above the waves, every turn presented »
A Nose Sensitive to the Cesspool?
Scriptural Basis: "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." Matthew 6:13 Anderson's Applications: A cynical teenager cornered the pastor of his church one Sunday and asked him sarcastically how much sin weighed, because the pastor had used the phrase "the weight of sin" so often in his »
The Only Complete Realist
Scriptural Basis: "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." Matthew 6:13 Anderson's Applications: Mountains attract me. They are majestic, glorious, mysterious, yet beckoning; like other parts of God's creation, they speak of His nature, majesty and power. The Psalmist said, "I lift up my eyes to the »
Rogue Waves
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Scriptural Basis: "The Lord passed before him (Moses) and proclaimed, "The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty." »
O To Grace How Great A Debtor
Scriptural Basis: "Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors." (#2) Matthew 6:12 Anderson's Applications: Recently I heard a television preacher say on the air waves that the Christian hymn "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing" was errant in its theology. He said that the hymn writer's words, "O »
We Prove Daily That Forgiveness Is Not Natural
Scriptural Basis: "Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors." Matthew 6:12 Anderson's Applications: I was nine or ten years old and it was 10 minutes to midnight on New Years Eve. At midnight sharp the fireworks would go off on the top of Pikes Peak. Unfortunately, I was »
Bread, Glorious Bread!
Scriptural Basis: "Give us this day our daily bread." Matthew 6:11 Anderson's Applications: Diets that work the best unfortunately say to us, "leave off the bread!" Ugh! Though we often refer to a spartan subsistence as "having only bread and water," these are perhaps our most refreshing drink and most »
No Trifling Matter
Scriptural Basis: "...Deliver us from evil (or the evil one), for Yours is the kingdom, the power and the glory, forever. Amen." Matthew 6:13 Anderson's Applications: When we pray we acknowledge some critical truths. By praying to God who is a Spirit, we confess our belief in the reality of »
Are There Any Ink Blotches on Your Wall?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Scriptural Basis: "Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, 'The kingdom of God does not come visibly, nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the kingdom of God is in the midst of you." Luke »
Your Greatest Desire in 2008
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Scriptural Basis: "I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered. "May it be to me as you have said." Luke 1:38 Anderson's Applications: In a young woman's life there is no greater time of anticipation, excitement and joy than the few months before her marriage to the love of her »
Why Do the Nations Rage?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Scriptural Basis: "Why do the nations rage, and the people plot a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying, "Let us break their bonds in pieces, and cast away their cords from us." »
I Can't Think of One More Thing Right Now!
Scriptural Basis: "You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect Him." Luke 12:40 Anderson's Applications: In the many centuries before the first Christmas, the prophets foretelling of the coming of the Messiah was often a blend of both »
