“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see” (Heb. 11:1). You and I need to be certain of an event that happened over 2,000 years ago. We’ve read about it many times, but we were not able to be...
Imagine the pounding of the rain and the rising of the floodwater. “For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the...
After watching the evening news last night, I turned off the television with one question in mind… “Where did all of this conflict come from?” It is not just on TV either. If we are honest, it is happening much closer to home...
Now I understand why my high school economics teacher told me that there is no such thing as a free lunch. His point was that nothing in life is free. Things that are worthwhile never come easy. In other words, “No pain, no gain!” That is what we...
Have you marked it down on your calendar? Most of us know what it is like to live by a schedule. We write down and plan for future events and then watch those events come and go. The past becomes the past, and we continue to plan for the...
Get to the point! We’ve all spoken those words from time to time, perhaps during a “long-winded” meeting or conference, or maybe a lecture or conversation... Or even a sermon. And, interestingly, that is where God will take...
The stage was set for a beautiful life together. Through the work of creation and the six days of arrangement, God had provided everything that humanity needed to live fruitful and faithful lives. Throughout Genesis chapter one, God would pause each...
Imagine yourself this week walking down one of the aisles at the local grocery store. Just as you push your buggy up to get your favorite breakfast cereal, you bump into an old friend… Who proceeds to ask you about your church. What would you...
If I told you that image is everything, some of you will think back to the 1989 TV commercials, in which tennis star Andre Agassi used those words to promote the then state-of-the-art Canon EOS Rebel camera. Though the camera and those commercials have...
Why do some people see it and others do not? The apostle Paul wrote in Romans 1:20 that “since the creation of the world, God’s invisible qualities - his eternal power and divine nature - have been clearly seen, being understood from what has...