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1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called . . . A buddy and I ran our first marathon in medical school after only a month of training. Looking back, I have no idea what we were thinking. Our longest training run…
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I Timothy 6:10 The love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. In my drug addiction, the problem did not lie in the pills. They were neither good nor bad and could be used for either purpose. Likewise, donuts are not evil in themselves. It is my relationship to them that causes…
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1 Timothy 5:24 The sins of some are obvious, reaching the place of judgment ahead of them; the sins of others trail behind them. (NIV) When my son was four or five years old, I doubt that he caught much of the Sunday morning sermon. When the pastor read about a prostitute however, I got, Dad,…
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1 Timothy 4:8 Train yourself for godliness; for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come. I spend several hours a week in the gym, where I sweat and sometimes bleed for my workout.…
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1 Timothy 2:3,4 This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. When I first met my wife and fell in love, I wanted what was best for her, but I also longed to…
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1 Timothy 1:14,15 The grace of our Lord overflowed for me . . . Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. Working with addicts and inmates, it is easy to be frustrated by recurrent destructive behavior. Why do you keep making the same mistakes over and over?…
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1 Timothy 1:6,7 Certain persons . . . have wandered away into vain discussion . . . without understanding either what they are saying or the things about which they make confident assertions. In medical school, I learned the phrase, Often wrong, never in doubt, used to describe the incompetent person who is paradoxically, supremely…
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2 Thessalonians 3:6,10 Keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness . . . If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. It is not uncommon to hear from someone who is greatly distressed by an alcoholic family member, only to find that the person telling me about the alcoholic…
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1 Thessalonians 5:19 Do not quench the Spirit. My father-in-law, a pastor, who passed away in 2015, frequently said that if I wanted to know God, I had to first understand that He was a person. As such, He can know me and be known to me personally. Once I have a relationship with Him,…
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1 Thessalonians 5:18 Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God. I am not much of a cook, but still, grilling is my domain. As I was making the burgers the other day, my wife asked me if I would make them smaller, which I did, with a poor attitude. When…
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