In John 6:63-64, Jesus tells His followers, “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. But there are some of you who do not believe.”  He had just said some “difficult” things and some of the people were grumbling about it. Some even decided at that point…

We are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who believes, no matter who we are. Romans 3:22 I saw yesterday that Time has put out their list of the 100 most influential people for 2017. You may not be surprised, but I wasn’t on the list. What was surprising is some…

You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this. Acts 3:15 Have you ever really thought about the death and resurrection of Jesus? Why does the resurrection even matter? Jesus was miraculously conceived. He was born of a virgin. He did not inherit the sin nature of an earthly father. He was completely…

When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw [Jesus] eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?” On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” Mark 2:16-17…

Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6 We live today in what I would call a very spirituality pluralistic society. In other words, tolerance is a really high value and it’s very common today for many people to believe things like: All roads really lead to…

Recently I was reading the passage in Matthew 25 where Jesus separates the sheep from the goats at the final judgment? It’s a very familiar story and it even brings back memories of my high school performance of Godspell, where we crawled around the floor “baa-ing and goating” (not sure what goats sound like). As I read the passage this time, I…

John 4 contains a fascinating dialogue between Jesus and a Samaritan woman. Having surprised her by recounting some of her own life story, Jesus began to teach her about the true nature of worship. He then said “Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the…

Now that the dust has settled on one of the most contentious election seasons – at least in my lifetime, I wanted to share a few thoughts as a political outsider. I have heard comments and read multi-media where both sides are continuing to throw insults and accusations at one another. There are many hurting unbelievers. Whether it’s warranted or not. Millions…

When I was much younger and serving God in my first few years of ministry (22-24 years old), I felt I was important to God and in getting His message out to others. I remember thinking to myself that God would never allow anything to happen to me, because He needed me to fulfill His purposes on earth. I thought I was…

Hey Guys, I am currently involved in two fantasy football leagues. For those that aren’t sure what I’m talking about, we have drafts and then set our line-ups to offer us the best scenario to score more points than our opponent each week. Unlike real football, our fantasy teams will have players from many teams and we have to be concerned about…