The Gospel of Matthew ends on a spectacular note. Actually, the entire final chapter is an exclamation mark celebrating the greatest victory in Jesus’s life and challenging us with a ...
Do What You Can With What You HaveIn all likelihood, Sam the Samaritan didn’t have an Acme first aid kit packed on his donkey. So where did he get the ...
Which gifts are most valuable in the church? Wrong question! Paul concludes [in 1 Corinthians 12].All the various gifts in the church work together to create one well-functioning body. If ...
You swing your best when you have the fewest things to think about. – Bobby JonesStewart Cink and I had been working together for only a few months in 2009 ...
Before she met Jesus, Mary Magdalene was full of demons and sickness… unclean and unfit to be in decent company.Jesus didn’t care what man thought of her. God had created ...
When my oldest son, Jamin, was moving out of the toddler years, I started to have a difficult time hugging and kissing him. I wasn’t really sure why. But for ...
Today’s Bible Reading: Genesis 12:1-9Recommended Reading: Proverbs 3:5-6, Luke 9:23-27, Hebrews 11:8-19If you’ve ever seen the U. S. Air Force Thunderbirds air demonstration team, you’ve witnessed firsthand the incredible capabilities ...
In the late 1400s in Nuremberg, Germany, two brothers, Albrecht and Albert, grew up wanting to be artists. They came from a very large family of more than a dozen ...
No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to humanity. God is faithful, and He will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with ...
Today’s Bible Reading – Matthew 28:16-20Recommended Reading – Psalm 86, Proverbs 15:14, Mark 16My father was a minister for over fifty years, serving mostly in small, rural churches. He was ...
We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may ...
To some, “Just Do It” is a catchy phrase for a sports apparel company. To Robert Griffin III, that phrase has more meaning and purpose.When it was announced that Robert ...
The Peace that I give you transcends your intellect.When most of your mental energy goes into efforts to figure things out, you are unable to receive this glorious gift. I ...
What are you working for? Money, power, fame, and comfort? A school building named after you? A company that lives on after you’re gone? A house at the beach? Helping ...
So we, Your people and sheep of Your pasture, will give You thanks forever; we will show forth Your praise to all generations. — Psalm 79:13As one of the “sheep ...
Maybe today you’re not living with a mountain of regret, but you are starting to create one.Maybe you’re married and there is something going on. There is behavior you’re involved ...