My children told me earlier this year that if you break a pinky promise (a promise made while your little finger wraps around another person’s little finger) then your little finger will fall off! This is a new development since I was young, but thankfully for them (and us!) it
Close your eyes and take a deep breath. Let yourself remember the sweetest day of your life. You were wandering the wrong way and broken down by sin, but Jesus encountered you. You were striving to save yourself, but then He stepped in, received you, and set you apart as
When I visited Israel, one of the most significant places for me during the trip was our visit to the Jordan river. It looked nothing like I envisioned. Whenever I thought about the Jordan river I’d pictured a lush river bank, full of green trees and lots of grass. I
My dad said something to me years ago that has been a great reminder in my life. He said, “Things can change overnight. Don’t lose heart, lots of life to come.” I knew he didn’t offer it as an empty platitude or cliché statement, simple as it is. I knew
If ever you’ve been around the church at Christmastime, you have more than likely heard Micah 5:2 read. It is a beautiful Messianic prophecy of the coming Savior who would be born in Bethlehem. Now, we know this promised Savior is Jesus Christ. It never fails to amaze me the
What Is Certain We are living in uncertain days. It almost seems every time we connect to our news feeds, we hear of shocking, sad, almost unbelievable things happening across our world. There is an old saying that in this world there is nothing certain except death and taxes. Although
“Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will trouble, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? No, in all these things we have complete victory through him who loved us! For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor heavenly rulers,
“He was given over because of our transgressions and raised for the sake of our justification.” – Romans 4:25 Up until this time, the whole of humanity groped in darkness and condemnation because of our sins. The multitude of sacrifices in all cultures of the world and primitive religion across the
“Indeed, my plans are not like your plans, and my deeds are not like your deeds, for just as the sky is higher than the earth, so my deeds are superior to your deeds and my plans superior to your plans. The rain and snow fall from the sky and
When Jesus claimed to be the bread of life, it shocked His listeners. Many disciples left Him after He made this claim. In order to better understand the weight of what Jesus meant when He said, “I am the bread of life,” let’s look a little deeper at the events