“But be on your guard. For they will deliver you over to councils, and you will be beaten in synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them.” Mark 13:9 April 20, 2026 We should not be surprised that there is a high cost for following Jesus […]
“If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14 April 17, 2026 A Biblical interpretation principle: All the promises of the Bible are
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“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.” Matthew 5:9 April 15, 2026 Shalom is the Hebrew word for peace. It entails, as a kingdom citizen, seeking to bring the offending and offended in a strife to be at-one-again. True peace has to deal with the reality of sin. It flows
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“The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire, his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters.” Revelation 1:14-15 April 10, 2026 Movie audiences have an insatiable desire to see what Jesus
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“and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest.” Revelation 1:13 April 8, 2026 Attempts to paint the likeness of Jesus Christ are inevitably disappointing. It’s not that the disciples of Jesus did not see the resurrected Savior.
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“I know your works. You have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God.” Revelation 3:1b-2 April 6, 2026 You say, “how can a church be alive but dead?”
“‘Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross that we may see and believe.’ Those who were crucified with him also reviled him.” Mark 15:32 April 3, 2026 The truth is told in jest. So goes the saying. Those who nailed Jesus to that cruel cross could not and would
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“Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of his servant? Let him who walks in darkness and has no light trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God.” Isaiah 50:10 April 1, 2026 There are those times in life when it seems as if God is hiding Himself.
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“And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, ‘Would that you, even now, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.’” Luke 19:41-42 March 30, 2026 In case you missed it, yesterday was Palm Sunday. It is the
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“And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man.” Luke 2:52 March 27, 2026 For some time now we have been following the biblical truth about change. As the seasons change so does life in mortal bodies, the seasons of life, and the world around us. No greater example
