April 7, 2020
Picture the first Palm Sunday: Jesus, the promised Messiah and King is riding on a donkey through streets lined with people waving palm branches and shouting out, “Hosanna! Hosanna in the Highest!” It may seem a bit strange to us […]
March 31, 2020
Being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. Philippians 1:6 When you read the stories throughout Scripture, do you ever wish that you […]
March 24, 2020
For You, O Lord, will bless the righteous; with favor You will surround him as with a shield. Psalms 5:12 There is an old adage that says, “If anything can go wrong, it probably will.” Perhaps you’ve heard it. Many […]
March 17, 2020
Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize […]
March 16, 2020
Favor is God’s “I’m for you” attitude. It is the amazing, undeserved benefit of being His child, yet many believers never taste its fullness. Why not? One reason is that we simply misunderstand His favor. Biblically, favor can be thought […]
March 10, 2020
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace. Ephesians 1:7 Scripture tells us that we are not our own. It teaches us that we were bought with a […]
February 4, 2020
“The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.” Genesis 3:21 Throughout Scripture, there is a Scarlet line that runs from the beginning of time to the end of this present age. This consistent […]
November 16, 2019
Introduction Imagine that you are driving down the highway. The map tells you to turn east at the next highway, but you accidentally turn west instead. You don’t realize your mistake until you have been driving an hour in the […]
September 17, 2019
“Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” Hebrews 11:1 As Believers, we are called to place our faith in God. This means that our confidence and assurance is not on […]
September 16, 2019
Along with reading the Bible every day, I always read at least one other book from which I can learn something new. My wife, Jeanie, and I are often in the middle of several books at once, and we like […]