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“They cried out with a loud voice, ‘O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” - Revelation 6:10 How often have we said, “Where did all the time go?” Yet at the beginning of a »

“For as a man thinks in his heart, so is he.” - Proverbs 23:7 Everyone; people of every intellect, every economic status, every race, every age, and every language have something in common: they think. As the French philosopher Descartes famously said, “I think, therefore I am.” The Bible is »

"So we can confidently say, ‘The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?’" - Hebrews 13:6 Four times in the larger Christmas story messengers from God have one primary recommendation to their trembling audience: do not fear! Zechariah, John the Baptist’s father; Mary, »

“Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the King, behold wisemen (Magi) from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, ‘Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship »

“What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.” - Ecclesiastes 1:9 New Year! What is really new about it? One second it is 2020, the next, 2021. What truly changed? The biggest change, »

“And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. And she gave birth to her first born son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.” - Luke 2:7 The birth of »

“But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.” – Luke 2:19 The Four Gospels tell us about the life of Jesus Christ. The Synoptic Gospels, Matthew, Mark, and Luke, parallel most of these stories of Jesus. But we encounter something unusual in reading Matthew 2 and »

“For what can be known about God is plain to them, for God has shown it to them. For His invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things which have been made. So they are »

“For He has said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you.’ So we can confidently say, ‘The Lord is my helper, I will not fear; what can man do to me?’” - Hebrews 13:5-6 Lions tore their bodies to pieces in the Colosseum, persecutors tortured them unto death, believers »

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.” - Philippians 4:6-7 Peace is a quandary, isn’t it? Do you have it? Do you not? You want it, »

“He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” Micah 6:8 You have, I am sure, sometimes wondered, “what is the meaning of it all?” Why am »

“Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.” - John 15:13 I am a combat veteran who fought in a war America lost: Vietnam. I came home by the grace of God and am living 50 years later. Very fortunately for America, »