"The LORD is my Shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters." (Psalms 23:1-2 ESV)Like a loving Shepherd, God provided a beautiful garden as a home for Adam and Eve, His newly created little flock. The Creator...
"For this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins." (Matthew 26:28 ESV)"He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed." (1 Peter...
"And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh." (Ezekial 36:26 ESV)"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold,...
"You yourself like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ." (1 Peter 2:5. ESV) "By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established." (Proverbs...
In March 1993, I had chest pains and periods of shortness of breath. I went to see the doctor, and he referred me to a specialist. After a number of tests, it was determined that my aortic valve was defective. It was leaking badly, and it eventually would have led to...
"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you." (Matthew 5:43-44 ESV) As the tour bus wound through the Galilean countryside into the Golan Heights,...
Text: Mark 9:2-13Dear friends in Christ, grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.One day, there's a story of a grandmother who was watching her two young grandchildren for the day when she received a call...