Luke 8 provides accounts of two remarkable occurrences in the public ministry of Jesus. Both involve great deliverances and, to me, reveal the accessibility of the Savior to any and all who sought Him. In the midst of His teaching ministry throughout the towns of Galilee, Jesus decided to expand...

The room was full of people and of prayer. Jesus had flown away. Through the clouds, He went. A number of them watched it happen. They were mesmerized by it all. At last, two angels arrived to get them moving again. These disciples left the Mount of Olives, the Lord’s...

Jesus met some fishermen one day and said to them “I will make you Fishers of men.” Over time, these men became Great evangelists and fishers of men. The only thing required was the Holy Spirit. Prior to the Holy Spirit being added to them, they could not be fishers of...

There are two men in the Bible who were used mightily by God, but in very different ways, with very different attitudes. In the Old Testament, there is the prophet Jonah. This man was spoken to by the Lord and given a message to deliver to a heathen city, Nineveh....

It was water she came for. This lonely, broken, thirsty Samaritan woman of Sychar brought a heavy pot to the well and found she was not alone as she usually was at this time of day in this place. Jesus, a Jewish rabbi, sat there. Her first inclination was to...

Jesus came down from the mountain where His glory shined forth for a few moments. The Lord was transfigured into light and only Peter, James, and John were there to see Him as He spoke with Moses and Elijah. It was a magnificent time, and the disciples were told to...

A man got mugged. He was on his way to Jericho from Jerusalem. He was beaten, robbed, and left half dead. So begins Jesus’ story about the Good Samaritan. Alone and wounded, this victim was left by the road. A priest and a Levite passed the man at different times....

I remember the night I saw the Lord. It wasn’t a vision that I encountered. Jesus did not stand before me. He did not come to me in a dream. I guess that what I am talking about is the evening that I really sensed the presence of God. That...

“…the Lord, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to His temple…” (Malachi 3:1). It happened just as the prophet said it would. One ordinary day in Jerusalem, the most extraordinary Person ever born appeared. He did not stride in triumph. There were no trumpets announcing His presence. It was a still,...

Gabriel brought news from Heaven. It was this angel’s latest assignment, but it was unlike any he had been sent to do before. His destination:  Nazareth, a small highway town in the region of Galilee, north of Jerusalem and Judea. There, he would come to Mary, a virgin girl, a...