When a speaker gives a final point, it’s usually the most important one, the one they want you to take home with you. Why did Apostle Paul give this final…
Rivers are so beautiful, whether flowing slowly and peacefully or tumbling over rocks. Sitting nearby, listening to the water moving in musical repetition is calming and soothing. There are times,…
“Such love” the verse starts out. What love, I ask. Let’s look back a verse: “And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not…
When Zechariah wrote these words of prophecy, he lived in a world where the people who had tasted of God’s goodness were choosing to worship other gods, most especially self.…
As I write these words, we are observing a national day of mourning. Tears and thoughts for thousands of lives taken in the name of hatred. The mourning for those…
The old story goes:The elderly couple was riding to town in their pickup truck when the woman looked at her husband as he drove.“You never sit beside me anymore when…
My cousin is a full-time farmer, providing corn, rice, and cotton for consumers. He has seen some lean harvests, and some that are overwhelming. The advent of lights on tractors…
“The church is always asking for money!” When I hear people say this, I confess, I roll my eyes. I wonder if they think the air conditioning and heat that…
When we see pictures of people expressing freedom, they are often of upturned faces and outstretched arms. Think about that. When we are enslaved, our arms stay down, our faces…
What do you hunger and thirst for? The question is NOT what are you hungry for or what are you thirsty for. Jesus was not talking about physical hunger and…
What is your suffering right now? Is it chronic illness?Is it abuse?Is it abandonment?Is it physical ailment?Is it trauma?Is it fear?Is it grief?What is your suffering? Whatever it is, get…
Apostle Paul wrote, “Don’t let evil conquer you, but conquer evil by doing good” in his letter to the believers at Rome. They were living under severe persecution in a…