Why is it that the world is not drawn to Jesus? The reasons are many, but I want to hone in on just one today: Unity! One of Jesus' last recorded prayers before He went to the cross is this: "I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one--as you are in...
Now I do not know if the famous Indian novelist Arundhati Roy had Israel in mind when she wrote her Booker Prize winning novel, "God of small things," but for a good 3000 years tracing back to the call of that Father of Faith Abraham...the Almighty Creator God has...
I cut the tip of my index finger slicing lemons the other day. It was a deep cut, and naturally, it bled everywhere. I bandaged it up and proceeded to go about my day, only to discover that the finger got in the way for everything I tried to do. Even though it was a...
In our penultimate study of the Biblical Covenants, we come to the New Covenant of Grace (not to be misunderstood as hyper grace, which some preach to their and their audience's detriment – See Jude 1:1-7 TLB). Remember, in God scheme of things, the best is always...
"Blessed be the God of all comfort who comforts us in all our tribulation that we may be able to comfort those who are in trouble with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God." (2 Cor. 1: 3-4) What a marvelous title, God of all comfort! During our...
"'My food,' said Jesus, 'is to do the will of Him who sent me and to finish His work.'" (John 4:34-35) Jesus has just met with the Samaritan woman at Jacob's well. After telling the woman her life story, she believes that He is the Christ and runs back into her town...
Do you ever wonder if you had any specific function in the Body of Christ? You might not have felt that way in Nehemiah’s day: “Eliashb the high priest and his fellow priests went to work and rebuilt the Sheep Gate . . . The men of Jericho built the...
One of the devastating effects the devil is having upon the Church (Believers in Christ) today is that many are remaining in their comfort zone. Many Christians today simply go to a worship service each week to hear the Word of God, but do not go out in to their...
"These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised. God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect." (Heb 11:39-40) The list is awesome. All the pillars of our faith are...
Dear Father, I know that Today is better than Yesterday, but not as good as Tomorrow. I have left the land of strife; No troubles do I borrow. I place my hand in Yours, and ask that You lead me every day, into pathways of Hope and Promise; Only You, Father, know the...