It was not a social gathering at the house of Mary, mother of John Mark, in Jerusalem.  It was a prayer meeting.  Their spiritual leader,...

Who writes real letters anymore? We post family pictures and updates on social media.  We text or email our celebrations and woes. ...

We are not changing our world.

As Christians in a postmodern world, we are swimming upstream.

In the first century church, unity prompted by love in Christ and for Christ, grew the reputation and reach of the first Christians....

I have ben thinking about the cost of becoming a first century Christian and growing a first century church.  I facilitated a Bible study...

Easter isn't over! The power of our personal journey to the cross is just beginning, again.  The celebration of Easter with its music,...

Betrayal is a subtle visitor . . . until it isn’t. On the night that Jesus was betrayed, only Jesus saw the darkness lurking. He had...

A cloud overshadowed them and a voice from the cloud said . . . Listen to him. Mark 9:7, NLT When Jesus invited Peter, James, and John to...

From the beginning of time, from the moment you existed in your mother's womb, on every day since you were born, God has loved you with...

If . . . there it is, the 2-letter word that can come between us and God just like the tempter did in the Garden of Eden and tried to do...

Daniel prayed fervently, openly, daily, and specifically. He didn’t pray in protest or for show. But when he prayed, the heavens opened...

You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind. Exodus 20:4, NLT We shun the practice of bowing before sculptured idols. We know...

I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance.  Job 42:6b, NLT While the world expresses love in extravagant ways on Valentine’s Day, we...

The blind man's response to Jesus question is leading me into Lent this year. You remember the story.  Jesus is on the outskirts of...

Too many times I start at the wrong beginning in planning for a New Year.  I think about what I want to accomplish, answer questions that...

Bethlehem . . . Egypt . . . Nazareth . . . the desert . . . Samaria . . . Jerusalem . . . Gethsemane . . . …to the cross . . . into...

I’m not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ’s servant.  Galatians...

The angel said to [Mary], “The Lord is with you.”  Luke 1:28b The Lord will stay with you as long a you stay with !  2 Chronicles 15:2b...

Yet I hold this against you, You have forsaken the love you had at first. Revelation 2:4 I know . . . that you are neither cold nor hot....