zac | February 15, 2010
I have spent many hours thinking and reflecting on what will happen to me upon my death. It occurs to me now that much of that has been quite selfish.
I suppose I have always wondered about heaven. What will it be like? There is so much we know about heaven from the Bible and there [...]
zac | December 20, 2009
When Jesus was on earth, He told His disciples that judgment was coming; He often referred to His coming kingdom (e.g. Matthew 19:28). After His resurrection, the disciples must have surely thought that this defeat over death was the beginning of that kingdom.
Acts 1:6 — So when [the disciples] had come together, they asked him, [...]
zac | December 13, 2009
I love this passage in Isaiah:
Isaiah 40:3-5 — A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a [...]
zac | November 1, 2009
Paul concluded his letter to the Colossians by saying the following: “Remember my chains.”
Paul repeatedly found himself in prison. (I wonder if he ever considered that possibility while he was putting people in prison — Acts 8:3; 22:4.) By my count, Paul was imprisoned four times. The first was in Philippi where he was jailed [...]
zac | October 18, 2009
I have a 2-million-candlepower spotlight. If I take it outside on a bright, sunny day I will barely be able to see the spot on the grass. If, however, I take it outside in the middle of the night, the only thing I will see is the spot illuminated and the beam of light. In [...]
zac | June 7, 2009
I read through this passage and camped out on the penultimate sentence.
Mark 12:28-34 — And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?” Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The [...]
zac | April 19, 2009
Mandy was recently driving with all three kids in the car. The conversation was like a tripartite attack on Mandy with all three kids bombarding her with requests. After an untoward number of “I-wants,” Mandy announced a treaty: “Stop asking me for things. No one ask me for anything. Ask me for nothing.”
The kids sat [...]
zac | April 12, 2009
As I understand it, Easter is the day we celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus.
It is the death of Jesus that takes care of our sin and makes us right with God. It is the resurrection of Jesus that allows us to enjoy eternal life with Him. Both of these — being right [...]
