Posts by Tim Velasco

Of all the things that trouble our minds in these days of lawlessness, it is imperative that we remember that sin is our greatest problem. A just society apart from the Justifier of our soul, is folly. Now I know that this thought troubles the mind. It goes exactly against the grain of what the world says is possible; hence the reason it is exactly what we should do. ...

I found myself a few days ago using the common expression: "I am well under the circumstances". I have said that many times before and on the surface there is nothing essentially wrong with that statement. But let's reflect for a moment on what I am really saying when I say I am well "under" the circumstances. The first question that comes to mind is "What circumstance...

The foundations of our faith are solid ground we can depend on yesterday, today and tomorrow. Our Lord warned us that "because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold." And the apostle Paul under the superintendence of the Holy Spirit wrote: "But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty.2For people will be lovers...

In years past, the word "devotional" would have filled me with a restless desire to do anything else but that, whatever 'that' is. BORING! Who came up with this word!? What does it mean!? I can't say that the feeling is gone for good. Sometimes it creeps back in like an uninvited guest. I sat down to coffee in my favorite place in Austin. Music, voices, some loud, some...

21,000 deaths today of hunger and it's 4pm. Over 4 million have died this year alone! COVID-19 is not the end of the world. It is a highly contagious flu that has mild or no symptoms for 98% of people whocontractit. I believe the law of unintended consequences is at work here. The longer we keep people locked up the more serious and deadly problems we are creating not ...

In your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there were none of them" (Psalm, 139:16) I was saved when I was about nine years old at a Christian camp near Goiania, Brazil. I know that because I distinctly remember sharing the gospel with one of the kids whose father was a handyman at the camp. He had not attended the previous...

As Christians living in the western world, are we aware of what happens outside of our western culture? Do we understand what it means to be a christian in the rest of the world?...

The thought must have crossed King David's mind as he stood at the door of the windowless room and stared at a dark corner, in the direction of the woman he had robbed. He listened to the rhythmic rocking of one in deep mourning. Her disheveled hair - beautiful dark brown curls - haphazardly draped around her shoulders and face.Her tears running down in torrents, carving...