Let’s just get this straight off the bat: I’m not a chess player. I am the youngest of four boys, two of whom are chess players. I remember going on family trips when they would play chess in the back of the station wagon…without a board or pieces. I just remember phrases like “Knight to… Continue reading Searching for Bobby Fischer
Month: December 2020
Some Assembly Required.
It was a dark and stormy night in college when I was driving back from a late movie in Muncie, Indiana. I took a corner a bit too fast and my car bounced across the road, into a lawn, and slammed through the small space between two massive oak trees. The car was totaled and… Continue reading Some Assembly Required.
Which of you has a friend…
Luke records a curious little passage not found in any other Gospel. It reads as follows: And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one… Continue reading Which of you has a friend…
For if you forgive others…
Jesus said, “Amen” so shouldn’t we be at the end of our discussion on prayer? Actually, no. In both Matthew 6 and Luke 11, Jesus continues discussing prayer after providing his prayer to the disciples. He told us we should pray, “Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.” And in Matthew… Continue reading For if you forgive others…
Yours is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory Forever.
…deliver us from evil.For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. Many versions of the Lord’s Prayer end with the words, “deliver us from evil.” But some manuscripts continue with the words, “For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.” I’m not certain which version… Continue reading Yours is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory Forever.