"But when the Friend comes, the Spirit of the Truth, he will take you by the hand and guide you into all the truth there is." (John 16:13, MSG)"And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever - the Spirit of truth. The world...
“This is religion pure and undefiled that you help widows and orphans in their distress.” James 1:27I love Christmas. I haven’t loved every Christmas in my life however. The first Christmas four months after my daughter died in a car accident was a bad one. The...
"In the confusion, lying preachers will come forward and deceive a lot of people. For many others, the overwhelming spread of evil will do them in—nothing left of their love but a mound of ashes.” (Matt 24:11-12 MSG) According to certain denominations, what is...
"Solomon loved the Lord and followed all the instructions of his father, David, except that Solomon, too, offered sacrifices and burned incense at the local altars." 1 Kings 3:3 NLTSeparately, the ingredients would be distasteful, but together, they are sumptuous.Of...
Last night I was truly touched when I read about the Prodigal Son in Luke 15: “By this time a lot of men and women of doubtful reputation were hanging around Jesus, listening intently. The Pharisees and religion scholars were not pleased, not at all...
Do All Churches Preach the Same Message? May we always consider these 7 letters to the 7 churches from the book of Revelation. Are we attending one that is like Ephesus, or Smyrna or perhaps Thyatira? Heed the message that is giving to each one of them, and may...
"For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened." (Rom 1:21 NIV)Is this text just for unbelievers?You be the judge!We have visited many different churches...
