Our readings today feature two women at two different tombs: Mary Magdalene at Jesus’ empty tomb, and Martha the sister of Lazarus mourning her brother outside of his tomb. At the sites of these two tombs, there is resurrection. There is also evidence that people do not understand the true
The Bible is the most important book in the life of a Christian. It is where we find God and through Him, eternal life. We believe that prayer is very important. It is how we communicate with God. It is through prayer that we repent of our sins, praise who
The beatitudes end with the promised blessing of persecution. After studying the many ways that believers are blessed by God, we might expect to end on something more positive and hopeful. However, I think it is fitting that persecution would be the likely result for those who follow hard after
Think back with me to the time when the people of God were slaves in Egypt. They were oppressed, weak, and helpless but God promised that He would rescue them and give them land of their own. So, He raised up leaders like Moses and Aaron and in miraculous and
For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish. – Psalm 1:6 The people of Israel were in a downward spiral due to the sin in their lives. Their hearts had become hardened and their sins no longer grieved them. There was
Have you ever had to make a sacrifice because of your faith in Christ? One of the greatest testimonies I saw was a high school student in my ministry years ago. She was a star soccer player on her high school team. Often, her travel team would have to play
As I sat at my computer trying to think of something inspiring to write, my mind reeled. Deadlines continued to approach (and pass), yet I could not hear what it was that God wanted to say through me. The past several weeks had been riddled with family struggles, personal illness,
Every night I hear a spunky little girl pray her guts out, and every night without fail she ends her conversation with God with the same passionate request. “God, and please let everyone in the whole world love and worship You.” You guys, that line gets me every time. Why?
Have you ever noticed that people who start spending a lot of time together often begin to share the same sayings, mannerisms, and expressions? They will even start to laugh in a similar way. People have the ability to influence those around them, especially those with whom they closely associate.
Welcome to Week 6 of our study of the twelve disciples of Jesus. Today we are going to take a look at Philip, and like many of the other disciples we aren’t given much information about this man. His name is mentioned in every Gospel, but the only real account