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Recently, I wrote and published my first Christian children's book, "Finished: A Fictional Story With Heavenly Truth". The events portrayed in the book may never have actually happened. The story, however, is meant to get the reader and listener thinking about the real-life spiritual truths found in
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Although the “night” may be long, rejoicing is still coming. I don’t know how long this current pandemic will last, but this is what I do know – rejoicing is coming.
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Still the very hands that held each of us as they formed and molded and knit us together are the same hands that stretched out on a cross to redeem us from our sin and from ourselves.
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Think about this phrase, “the world was not worthy of them”. These martyrs of the bible lived life and faced death in such a way that the world didn't claim them.
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Our salvation is not based upon anything that we do, but rather on the all-sufficient sacrifice that Jesus made on a cross some 2,000 years ago.
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The Apostle Paul speaks of a trade that took place some two-thousand years ago at the trading post of the cross, where Jesus endured the consequences of our sin so that we could receive the undeserved reward of salvation.
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Like the Galatians, we, too, possess a certain level of freedom as Christ-followers. And, although we should watch that this freedom does not become a license for sin, returning us to a state of spiritual slavery, we are free to love God and serve others.
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Jesus, too, cried, at least once, as recorded in Scripture. One might wonder what sort of things God would cry about. It’s important for us to remember that while Jesus was completely divine, he was somehow, at the same time, completely human. Jesus had lost a dear friend, Lazarus, and it moved him
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The Psalmist says, “I have hidden your word in my heart…” (Psalm 119:11, NIV), not because we shouldn’t share it, but because it is that special and central to who we are.
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Their leader and friend, Jesus, had been put to death on Friday. There was no doubt about that. But now, on this Sunday morning, these women were claiming that he had risen. How preposterous!
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There are several lessons to be learned from this story, but here’s one angle. At times, we too, must dismiss the doubters. Otherwise, their second-guessing, their cynicism, and their skepticism will not allow us the room to do what is needed.
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This is my worship, that I begin and end each day with a sense of expectancy. He hears you as well. So bring all that you are to him, simply wait, and expect.