by Mike Woodruff | May 5, 2023 | The Friday Update
Happy Cinco de Mayo Friday, Consider one another more important than yourself. Paul, Philippians 2:3 Theologians rightly spend a lot of time in the first half of Philippians 2. Not only are this chapter’s first eleven verses home to one of the early church’s first...
by Mike Woodruff | Apr 28, 2023 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday, May your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in you. Psalm 33:22 Biblical hope is not optimism – i.e., it’s not dependent upon a sunny disposition or wishful thinking. Biblical hope is the strength and resilience we gain when we...
by Mike Woodruff | Apr 20, 2023 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday: “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. So then, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your children.” And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them. Joseph to his...
by Mike Woodruff | Apr 13, 2023 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. Jesus, John 17:17 My grandparents held views that embarrass me. Yours likely did as well. There is a lot of that going around. Indeed, the views expressed on the editorial pages of the NYT fifty years ago –...
by Mike Woodruff | Apr 6, 2023 | The Friday Update
Happy (Good) Friday, Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Paul, Romans 5:7f On this...
