Jesus is coming. Soon. Yes, this message has been shared for a couple thousand years. And this has left some skeptical. These are the scoffers that Peter referred to in his second letter. This Apostle comforted those having doubts and feeling somewhat insecure with these words: “…Beloved, do not forget...
" ... God's 'heredity' within us will always conquer the world outside us. In fact, this faith of ours is the only way in which the world has been conquered . For who could ... conquer the world ... except the man who really believes that Jesus is God's Son?"...
I came to church as a guitar player who could sing a little. Over time, I developed some skill in leading worship with a small group in a coffee house. Those song sets were not so polished, but lots of fun. I can even say that the whole experience helped...
She interrupted a dinner party to thank the Lord, and what a thanksgiving it was. Her story goes like this. Jesus was invited to eat at the home of one of the region’s leading men. Simon the Pharisee was intrigued by what he heard about the man from Nazareth. The...
Ruth came out of Moab, a nation with a strange and despicable origin. This people group’s ancestry reached back to Lot and the days after the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. In the midst of his family’s escape from the fire fall, Lot’s wife lagged behind and turned her gaze...
Aaron was a man left in charge – and he blew it. Big time. The background to the story is this: The Lord summoned Moses to the top of Mount Sinai, where God would proceed to deliver His Law to His Prophet to His People. Moses took Joshua with him...
If we are watchful, God opens our eyes and shows us His glory. We have been invited into His presence. He chose us to worship Him in the beauty of His holiness. Not because we were worthy to enjoy such a thing, but because of His great grace. Nothing we...
Jesus and His disciples took a trip to the seaside, to an area known as Caesarea Philippi. Near Mount Hermon and the large springs that fed the Jordan River, this place was given to religion. A variety of shrines, altars, and temples were erected there. The One so true strode...
“And I will show you a still more excellent way” (1 Corinthians 12:31). This sentence from the apostle Paul serves to set up his magnificent treatise on the preeminence of love in 1 Corinthians 13. “A still more excellent way” — the words conclude Chapter 12, one that describes spiritual...
We are set in His Presence forever and have been given the privilege- indeed the command- to ask and keep on asking; and then He has promised that we will receive, that our joy may be full to overflowing!
