Have you taken a scenic route lately? We have so many great places to see in our area!! Scenic routes can be beautiful; but they often take longer than if we just punch in our destination on our GPS and ask the device to get us there. It takes a little longer to get...
The Apostles’ Creed begins, “I believe in God the Father, Almighty” – This God is personal! Why does the creed begin this way? Wouldn’t you think you would move from the broad, generic understanding of a Creator God to the more personal definition of that God? But...
If we have been watching the news recently, we have learned of multiple court trials. The court case of Kim Potter, the Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright, will be going to trial on December 6th. In that case there will be witnesses for the...
The early church was a community of faith. We read in Acts 2:42, “And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.” The word translated as “fellowship” in this verse is the Greek word koinonia, which...
Adopting Liz and Ben was one of the most exciting events in my life! They were always a blessing in my life from the time I first met them, but when they asked to be adopted, I stood in awe! I had no idea that when I adopted them, they would get a brand-new birth...
Recent surveys indicate that a large percentage of Americans who consider themselves to be Christians have not translated that “profession” into worshipping, committed members of Christ’s Church. There are too many people, both inside and outside the church, who have...
Have you ever felt trapped by an old image or someone’s false opinion of you, or some addiction or lifestyle? Is anything in your life holding you back? Do you feel trapped, or in bondage to anything or anyone? Perhaps you feel burdened by past or present sin in...
Do you ever feel powerless in your walk with the Lord? Much of the time we live powerless lives because we don’t focus on whose we are IN Christ and who we are because of Christ IN us. We are like the man who took his new power chain saw back to the store saying...
We read in Revelation 21:5, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Earlier in v. 4 we read, “[God] will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed...
It had been about thirty years since the resurrection of Jesus Christ when the Apostle Paul wrote his letter to the Philippians. The early Christians had been discovering the Jesus-life throughout Europe, Asia, and Africa. And what they were discovering was that the...