by Nate Stevens | Dec 15, 2018 | Eternity
Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed. (Revelation 5:5) If you’ve ever seen a lion up close, you understand they are fiercesome yet majestic creatures. When you hear them roar, you know the sound signals their identities, their...
by Nate Stevens | Nov 30, 2018 | Eternity
Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I lay in Zion a stone for a foundation, a tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation.” (Isaiah 28:16) The cornerstone must fit—squared, level, and aligned—perfectly. During a recent home improvement, I...
by Nate Stevens | Sep 5, 2018 | Encouragement, Eternity
The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork. (Psalm 19:1) I’m thankful for the color green. This realization surfaced while observing leafy trees of various hues highlighted against the sky’s azure blue. How boring and lacking in depth...
by Nate Stevens | Mar 11, 2018 | Eternity
And life went on… The day I heard of Billy Graham’s passing, I was vacationing in Rotorua, New Zealand—half a world away from Charlotte, North Carolina. While to me it seemed the world’s spiritual temperature dropped considerably, people in my vicinity scurried...
by Nate Stevens | Aug 4, 2017 | Eternity
The last enemy that will be destroyed is death. (I Corinthians 15:26) Whether it is golf, boxing, exercise, or even life itself, the final round can be a brutal but welcome event. I’ve never boxed, but I have played golf. Whether it was a great day of incredibly lucky...
by Nate Stevens | Mar 21, 2017 | Eternity
Man is like a breath; His days are like a passing shadow. (Psalm 144:4, NKJV) Life happens in an instant — one way this moment, then completely different in the next. We define “instant” as a quick or very short moment of time. That instantaneous moment involves the...
