“His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness... For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness (virtue), and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, GODLINESS…” 2 Peter 1:3,...
Cavin Harper

Digging Deep
“His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness... For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness (virtue), and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, PERSEVERANCE…” 2 Peter 1:3, 5 Norway’s Ansel Lund Svindal won...
Getting A Grip
“His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness... For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness (virtue), and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, SELF-CONTROL…” 2 Peter 1:3, 5 You have probably watched enough movies or plays to recall...
In The Know
“His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness... For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness (virtue), and to goodness, KNOWLEDGE…” 2 Peter 1:3, 5 Radio talk shows are a magnet for ignorant people wanting to express their ignorance. ...
For Goodness Sake!
“His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness... For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith VIRTUE (goodness)…” 2 Peter 1:3, 5 In a time when virtue was usually exchanged for expedience, Polycarp remained an example for all times of the power of a...
Bend All Your Energy
“His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness... For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith…” 2 Peter 1:3, 5 In ancient Greece the great plays of men like Sophocles and Euripides required enormous and very expensive choruses for their productions. ...
Faith Plus?
“His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness... For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith…” 2 Peter 1:3, 5 The idea of “adding” something to faith seems out of line with the fundamental Christian doctrine of “faith alone.” Yet, there is no...
Fear Or Freedom?
“His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness...” 2 Peter 1:3 It is not uncommon to find a grandparent who feels inadequate and wholly unable to relate to the younger generations, especially teens. Such feelings tend to produce a paralyzing fear that restricts...
My Hope Is Built…
“Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.” Psalm 43:5 Looking back on 2009 and the first decade of the new millennium, much has been said in the news about how terrible this period of time was. ...
What About You?
“But what about you? He asked. Who do you say I am?” Matt. 16:15 Christmas has once again come and gone, but the question still lingers, as it will throughout the year – who is this Jesus whose birth we just celebrated? Who do your grandchildren say Jesus is? There are lots of opinions out...
Christmas: A Jewish Holiday?
“Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, ‘Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews?’” Matt. 2:1-2 I have a dear friend who is Jewish, a follower of Christ, and a pastor of a small Messianic congregation in Colorado. He fervently believes that Christmas is a much a Jewish...
What Will You Do With Jesus?
“This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against, so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed.” Luke 2:34-35 Luke describes the elderly Simeon as a righteous and devout man… and patient. He waited for a long time for...
