Today’s Scripture reads simply, “You are of Christ, and Christ is of God.” Have more powerful words ever been written? Take a minute to think this through with me. God gave you to Jesus. You—yes, you—are the Father’s love-gift to His Son...
“If there is a God and He is good, as you say He is,” someone asks, “why does He allow suffering in the world? Why doesn’t He just get rid of it?” There is an answer to that question—if people are willing to hear it...
Today’s Scripture reminds us to “keep in step with the Spirit.” That’s a word we Christians need to hear. It’s far too easy for us to dash off into our day and race ahead of God—or maybe lag behind when He urges us forward...
Light reveals. It guides. It comforts. But light also exposes. Jesus does not avoid that truth...
Did you ever wonder if Jesus sang during His days on earth? We know worshipers sang in the synagogues, and Jesus’s family probably sang during the holy feast...
Sometimes the solution to a huge difficulty is so near at hand, so obvious, that we walk right by it. That may be the case with anxiety in our lives...
God delights in using ordinary objects to accomplish His mighty purposes. Friends of the Apostle Paul saved him from a murderous ambush by lowering...
Jesus speaks these words to people who understood hunger. Bread was not a luxury. It was daily survival. You did not store it up for weeks. You trusted it would be there each day...
Jesus does not ease into this statement. He does not soften or explain it away. He speaks plainly. “Before Abraham was born, I AM.” Those listening knew exactly what He meant...
Early Sunday morning, women went to the tomb to finalize the burial preparations of Jesus's body. Because of the Jewish Sabbath, they had been unable to complete traditional burial rituals...
