by Mike Woodruff | Mar 20, 2020 | The Friday Update
So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. That is why it was called Babel—because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth. Genesis...
by Mike Woodruff | Mar 13, 2020 | The Friday Update
For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. Paul, 2 Corinthians 4 On weeks when pandemics are spreading and markets are crashing, it is good to be reminded that a God of love sent His Son to rescue and redeem...
by Mike Woodruff | Mar 6, 2020 | The Friday Update
I will not fear though tens of thousands assail me on every side. Psalm 3 Psalm 3 is a favorite of mine. For starters, though I seldom struggle with fear, there are days when it feels like I have ten thousand problems. Secondly, I take comfort knowing that David wrote...
by Mike Woodruff | Feb 28, 2020 | The Friday Update
Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. Mark 1:35 Many of us are good at being busy. And proud of it as well. That is understandable, because business has a certain validating...
by Mike Woodruff | Feb 21, 2020 | The Friday Update
It is fitting for the upright to praise him. Psalm 33:1 We are homo adorans. We are called this because we adore something (or someone). Buddhists do. Muslims do, and rabid NFL fans do. The Bible never simply instructs us to worship. It always explicitly tells us to...
