“Do not judge, lest you should be judged.” (Matthew 7:1 BLB) “There are too many hypocrites in the church, so I don’t go.” That was the first sentence out of the young man’s mouth after he found out that I was a pastor. I was walking my dog and stopped to talk to a...
“For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.” (Philippians 1:21 NIV) The Greek word translated “gain” in this verse means “advantage.” Departing from this life actually benefits followers of Christ. It means we trade the tattered tents of our earthly bodies for...
“He was waiting for the consolation of Israel.” (Luke 2:25b NIV) His bones ached. For the past several years, getting out of bed in the morning had been the most difficult part of his day. Today was no different. His old body protested the thought of getting out from...
“Today in the City of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord!” (Luke 2:11 BSB) “Mary! It’s just as the Lord promised! We have a beautiful baby boy. I’ll wash him and wrap him in these strips of cloth and bring him back to you.” “Please hurry,...
“For the joy set before him he endured the cross . . . (Hebrews 12:2b) When I was a kid the Christmas season started around October. My younger brother, Eric, and I would break out all the department store catalogs in the house, turn right to the toy sections, and...
“I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever!” (Revelation 1:18a NIV) “Dad, is there really no such thing as Santa Claus?” My older daughter, Amy, then six years old and in the first grade, was sitting on the living room couch looking...
“All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: ‘The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel’ – which means, ‘God with us’” (Matthew 1:22-23 NIV) I was in the delivery room for the birth of...
“Little children, let us not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.” (1 John 3:18 NHEB) God sent Jesus into the world to be a sacrifice to atone for our sins (1Jn. 4:10). He sent His Son to atone for our sins so we could be at one with...
“This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.” (1 John 4:10 NIV) There is a basic difference in Christianity that separates it from nearly every other religion. The difference is this: most other...
“All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet . . .” (Matthew 1:22 NIV) I think that sometimes God just likes showing off. Rainbows, sunsets, hummingbirds . . . atoms – they’re all prime examples of God just showing off. Sometimes, God...
“Do not judge, lest you should be judged.” (Matthew 7:1 BLB) “There are too many hypocrites in the church, so I don’t go.” That was the first sentence out of the young man’s mouth after he found out that I was a pastor. I was walking my dog and stopped to talk to a...
“For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.” (Philippians 1:21 NIV) The Greek word translated “gain” in this verse means “advantage.” Departing from this life actually benefits followers of Christ. It means we trade the tattered tents of our earthly bodies for...
“He was waiting for the consolation of Israel.” (Luke 2:25b NIV) His bones ached. For the past several years, getting out of bed in the morning had been the most difficult part of his day. Today was no different. His old body protested the thought of getting out from...
“Today in the City of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord!” (Luke 2:11 BSB) “Mary! It’s just as the Lord promised! We have a beautiful baby boy. I’ll wash him and wrap him in these strips of cloth and bring him back to you.” “Please hurry,...
“For the joy set before him he endured the cross . . . (Hebrews 12:2b) When I was a kid the Christmas season started around October. My younger brother, Eric, and I would break out all the department store catalogs in the house, turn right to the toy sections, and...
“I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever!” (Revelation 1:18a NIV) “Dad, is there really no such thing as Santa Claus?” My older daughter, Amy, then six years old and in the first grade, was sitting on the living room couch looking...
“All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: ‘The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel’ – which means, ‘God with us’” (Matthew 1:22-23 NIV) I was in the delivery room for the birth of...
“Little children, let us not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.” (1 John 3:18 NHEB) God sent Jesus into the world to be a sacrifice to atone for our sins (1Jn. 4:10). He sent His Son to atone for our sins so we could be at one with...
“This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.” (1 John 4:10 NIV) There is a basic difference in Christianity that separates it from nearly every other religion. The difference is this: most other...
“All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet . . .” (Matthew 1:22 NIV) I think that sometimes God just likes showing off. Rainbows, sunsets, hummingbirds . . . atoms – they’re all prime examples of God just showing off. Sometimes, God...
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