by glenholman | Apr 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
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...
by glenholman | Apr 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
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...
by glenholman | Mar 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
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...
by glenholman | Mar 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
As followers of Jesus Christ, our speech (our conversation) ought to be encouraging and uplifting. Some people we are around may talk in unwholesome ways. But there is no place for profanity, ridicule, gossip, destructive criticism, complaining, or any other...
by glenholman | Mar 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
Mary Lefkowitz, a professor emerita of classical studies at Wellesley College, wrote in a New York Times Book Review several years ago: “The notion that there are many truths might seem well suited to a diverse society. But when everyone is free to define truth as he...
by glenholman | Nov 21, 2024 | Uncategorized
We read in Matthew 7:13, “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.” In Jesus’ day, fortified cities had limited access. Many of the passages into the city were barely large...
