To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours..." -1 Corinthians 1:2 These are the Apostle Paul's opening words to...
My soul keeps your testimonies; I love them exceedingly. -Psalm 119:167 Does your soul love the teachings of God? That is one of my goals in life. I hope it is one of yours as well. We need to be very careful not to let our faith become something that we...
All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. – John 6:37 Jesus’ words in John 6 are incredible words of hope. What do they tell us? They tell us that salvation is not, and never has been, an arbitrary concept...
When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. – John 19:30 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not...
The Spirit and the Bride say, "Come." And let the one who hears say, "Come." And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price. - Revelation 22:17 I get my news each day in a couple short snippets by going to the internet...
When Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he went to his house where he had windows in his upper chamber open towards Jerusalem. He got down on his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he had done previously. -Daniel 6:10 The...
Today I would like to share with you a few books that you might consider reading during some of the down time created by the closure of so many of the places we often frequent in our culture, with a brief word about a few resources that will come online later this week from...
“He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly in Jesus Christ our Savior…” -Titus 3:4-6 This week I perused briefly...
Did not our hearts burn within us…? - Luke 24:32 I write this as many millions of our brothers and sisters in Christ will begin a 40 day journey called “Lent.” Although Lent, unlike Advent, is almost exclusively the heritage of the Roman Catholic and...
Nothing is far from God. -St. Monica Augustine of Hippo is arguably the most prominent scholar/theologian that the church has ever known outside of the ministries of the apostles and Jesus himself. Born in 354 in Thagaste, a Roman colony in North Africa, Augustine was...
