Romans 6:20-21-When you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. 21 But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The end of those things is death. One of the more difficult things to convey to anyone who sees Christianity through the lens of “do’s and don’ts”, is the […]
What if this world wasn’t created but just sprang up out of a big bang? What if there is no God? What if there is no after-life? What if our lives have no purpose or meaning? What if after we die, there’s nothing? Would that free us to truly live? Now that we don’t have to […]
Happy New Year! I’m finishing up the Book of Revelation and looking forward to starting a new book in the new year. The Bible starts with God and ends with God. The world does also. It starts with God and ends with God. And in the end, we the church will be so beautifully adorned, and […]
Genesis 31:6-7-You know that I have served your father with all my strength, 7 yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times. But God did not permit him to harm me. At the close of each year we like to look back to put the “year in review”. We all can conclude that the […]
What if this is the beginning of the end, and things may get worse from here on out? If this is indeed the beginning of the end, then we can be sure that it will get worse – far worse than it is now. Before the end of the world as we know it, the Book […]
Genesis 29:34-35–Again she conceived and bore a son, and said, “Now this time my husband will be attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” Therefore his name was called Levi. 35 And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, “This time I will praise the Lord.” Therefore she called his name Judah. Then she ceased bearing. At […]
Merry Christmas! Christ has come, and He will come again! As we were doing our family devotional this week, a question was posed, “why did Jesus come as a baby and not as an adult?” His main purpose in coming was to die for our sins. But if so, He could’ve come as an adult. Adults […]
Genesis 22:12–He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.” If someone asked, how do you know that you really fear God? How would you explain that to them? The popular answer could be to […]
A long time ago, when I was a young youth pastor, I remember going to a meeting with our education pastor. We met up with a reporter and another pastor from a neighboring church. Now, this pastor from a largish church didn’t seem to be too thrilled to be at this meeting. And my education […]
Acts 22:9–Now those who were with me saw the light but did not understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me. As a young child my friends and I would play outside, but couldn’t be too far from “shouting distance” from our parents. Every evening like “clockwork” a parent would yell for their child, and one by […]