Commitment Beyond Distractions
Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I. Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. Of the Jews five times received…
The Fullness of Grace
And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. John bare witness of him, and cried saying, This is he of whom I spake, He cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before…
Common Service
And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true. John 10:41 An excerpt from Streams in the Desert by L.B. Cowman, Perhaps you are very dissatisfied with yourself. You are not a genius, have no distinctive gifts, and are inconspicuous when it…
The Greatest of These is Love
We love him, because he first loved us. 1 John 5:13 Love! It is the most basic building block of Christian discipleship. It is both the simplest concept and the most difficult to actually practice, in its truest form. The Bible itself is based upon love as being the root of its message. At the…
Virtual Bible Study
November 30, 2023 @ 7PM Please join us for a virtual bible study that will explore God’s word and how to apply it in this day and age. If you wish to participate, please forward your email address and I will send the Zoom link. This is an opportunity to receive the Word in a…
Confronting Church Trauma: Time to Break the Chains!
Read John 9: 1-38 The definition of trauma can be summed up in the following: A deeply distressing or disturbing experience. It can also be expressed by the following: An emotional response to a terrible event. Trauma in the World The word “trauma,” derived from its Greek origin meaning “wound,” sets the stage for a…
Being Made Whole
24 And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him. 25 And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, 26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, 27 When she had heard of Jesus, came…
Taking A Stand
Wherefore let him that thinkers he standers take heed lest he fall. 1 Corinthians 10:12 We live in a day where people in society are taking stands for a variety of reasons. Most recently those stands tend to be associated with politics. People are very free to take political stands on both sides of whatever…
Self Inflecting Wounds
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6: 23 Several years ago, a neighbor, in a previous neighborhood that my family and I lived in, was employed in law enforcement. One afternoon, an ambulance was summoned to his residence due to…
Words Matter
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. Proverbs 18: 21 There is an old children’s rhyme that goes, “sticks and stones may brake my bones but words will never hurt me.” The intent of the rhyme is to show resiliency and calmness…
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