"For the gifts and sacrifices that the priests offer are not able to cleanse the consciences of the people who bring them." Hebrews 9:9 NLTHe was the sweetest man in the world when she married him, but that would soon change. Peter and Catrina were high school...
"At the same time, you need to know that I carry with me at all times a huge sorrow. It's an enormous pain deep within me, and I'm never free of it. I'm not exaggerating-Christ and the Holy Spirit are my witnesses. It's the Israelites... If there were any way I could...
"The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace." (Rom 8:6, NIV2)The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God. Why? Because though we are unaware of it, we have treaded into the enemy's territory and have become...
Barry Newton recently reported how a woman “recounted how she had been walking along a fence line when she came upon a sheep hopelessly ensnared by barbed wire. As she approached the pitiful creature and began assisting it, the ewe frantically thrashed, kicked and...
"We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin." (Rom 7:14, NIV2)This is the reality of many amongst us. As God's Spirit doesn't reside in them, they realize that they are in no way spiritual. Instead, they wonder: "I do not...
"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." (John 12:46, NIV2)How did Jesus demonstrate what real light meant?"Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good...
"Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise. Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will...
