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Falling Away

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away.” –Jesus, John 16:1 The Gospels are filled with the teachings of Jesus. The Apostle John tells us that if all the things that Jesus said and did were recorded, the books written would fill the world »

Few or Many?

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“Then one said to Him, ‘Lord, are there few who are saved?’…” -Luke 13:23 “After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, »

Many Pigs, One Man

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“Then the demons came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned.” -Luke 8:33 This is a strange story to say the least. A quite deranged man met Jesus directly as He got out of a boat »

The Interminable Wail

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of Him. Even so. Amen.” -Revelation 1:7 Bad habits often linger. I have a terrible habit of sometimes spontaneously letting out a »

Parakletos

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. You know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.” -John »

He Lifts Me Up

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“For not from the east or from the west and not from the wilderness comes lifting up, but it is God who executes judgment, putting down one and lifting up another.” -Psalm 75:6-7 It was 1955. The setting was famous Gorky Park. The park sits on the shores of the »

Choosing Your Vocation

As young adults, most of us spent a lot of time contemplating what we wanted to do with the rest of our lives and which career path would help facilitate those plans. Some of us went straight into the work force in a career that we had always planned to »

Glory in the Ordinary

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“He had no form or majesty that we should look at Him, and no beauty that we should desire Him. He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces He was despised, and we esteemed »

A Kiss

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and you perish in the way…” -Psalm 2:12 “Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?” -Luke 22:48 No two kisses could be so different! One reflects so much good, life-saving, and genuine delight of the heart, while the other »

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