July 15, 2020
Christ Brought a Sword?
“Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.” (Matthew 10:34) Seven hundred years before Jesus was born, the...
June 25, 2020
Faith Rests in God
The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. So I have...
June 17, 2020
Door to Door
Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at...
April 14, 2020
Giving Thanks
Philippians 4:6-7 — Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard...
March 03, 2020
God Repairs What We Destroy
“And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.” (Genesis 3:15) “You ruined it!” Even if you...
February 12, 2020
Serve the Lord
Now fear the LORD and serve him with all faithfulness. But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve. But as for me and my...
January 29, 2020
Miraculous Courage
When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he withdrew to Galilee. (Matthew 4:12) Drama draws us in. Tension gets our attention. In an iPad, Netflix, Hulu world, we want life and death,...
January 22, 2020
A Better Plan
Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. But John tried to deter him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” Matthew 3:13,14...
December 05, 2019
Love is Sending the Perfect Ruler
1 A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. 3 He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or decide by what...
November 21, 2019
364 Days of Thanksgiving
But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief...