Wait!

I was reminded recently of what my mom used to say when I would ask her something – “We’ll just have to wait and see!”  It’s like when you go to the hospital with a heart attack and the doctor comes out to talk with the family, and he says, “The first 24 hours are...

Living Hope

Is there a hopeless situation you are dealing with today?  What are you hoping for today?  We all live with some kind of hope.  We hope it will be a nice day.  We hope our IRA will grow.  We hope our team will win the championship.  But what is hope?  The Bible tells...

God’s Instructions

As we look back at Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem, we read in Matthew 21:1-3 that Jesus “drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, ‘Go into the village in front of you, and immediately...

No Compromise

Many people love Jesus, but they also love the sin of the world.  You don’t have to teach someone to sin . . . it comes naturally!  And because people dabble in both, they are miserable.  It is like loving lemonade and Frappuccino and mixing them instead of drinking...

Self-sacrificing Service

Jackie Robinson was the first black person to play major league baseball.  While breaking baseball’s “color barrier,” he faced jeering crowds in every stadium. While playing one day in his home stadium in Brooklyn, he committed an error. His fans began to ridicule...