Jude, the brother of Jesus, encourages us to stand strong during these last days.
Jesus says that He no longer calls us servants, but that He now calls us friends who do the will of God. Are you living a life that says and shows that we are friends of God or friends of the world?
People massage their lineage by scrubbing some from the family tree (don’t mention great-grandfather that was the village idiot or other unsavory characters. Matthew, however, when listing the family tree of Jesus, doesn’t scrub clean or try to hide anything from the line. So, he begins with Abraham and recounts generation to generation of real…
Has Christmas just become another holiday season with great expectations, where the true meaning is lost? So much has been lost in this time of COVID, and I don’t want to lose my usual Christmas. Mary and Joseph would understand how you and I feel. When this teenage mom and her new husband stepped into…
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. Matthew 5:6 Most people want to enjoy peace, happiness, and contentment, but so often we stumble through our lives, our homes, and our church disillusioned with the way things are. During this crazy time of uncertainty, isolation, and bitter discourse we…
God’s power is unlimited, and as Christians we know there is nothing too big or difficult for Him. Yet, when we call on God, pleading with Him to fix that thing that’s broken or hurting in our lives, we have a hard time believing our own prayers. But God knows our deepest needs, and when…
“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.” John 14:6-7 John wrote to encourage his readers to resist the false teachers who were…
The parable of the Good Samaritan in Luke, is about a traveler who is stripped of clothing, beaten, and left half dead alongside the road. First a Jewish priest and then a Levite comes by, but both avoid the man. Finally, a Samaritan happens upon the traveler. Samaritans and Jews despised each other, but the…