Year: 2023
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The Timeless Story of Christmas: Reflections on Jesus’ Birth
As we gather for this festive season our homes are filled with the warmth of family, perhaps surrounded by children and grandchildren. The Christmas tree stands adorned with twinkling lights, its branches sheltering a collection of brightly wrapped packages. Laughter, good food, and festive fun are the order of the day. Yet, amidst these…
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Bridging Testaments: The Christmas Narrative
The story of Christmas is more than a heartwarming narrative about a young family and their special baby; it is a pivotal event bridging the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. This unity, often overlooked, is essential to understanding the full story of Jesus Christ that spans the entire Bible. At the heart…
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Twelve Things That Will Surprise You About Christmas
A popular Christmas song you might hear during the season would be the twelve days of Christmas. You know the one – “On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…” Let me change this up just a little this year as I present the twelve things people generally get wrong…
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Temple Encounter with Simon and Anna: A Christmas Story
The story of Jesus’ birth is told with profound simplicity in the Gospel of Luke. It narrates the miraculous birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, the appearance of angels to shepherds, and the humble beginnings of the Messiah. Within this larger narrative, the Bible often presents smaller, yet significant stories, that shine light on the…
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Rapturing of the Church
Understanding the Church during End Times The Rapture, a topic of intrigue and debate, often sparks curiosity and questions. It’s a subject that has captured the imagination of many, both within and outside religious circles. The concept has been hyped in both circles, but is widely misunderstood. What is the Rapture? It is a…
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God Speaks Through His Word
Understanding the Divine Inspiration of Scripture The Bible was written over a span of 1500 years and has approximately 40 authors. It is comprised of two primary segments – the Old Testament, a collection of 39 books of varied genres from historical accounts to poetry, and the New Testament, an assemblage of 27 books primarily…
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How Can God Condemn Good People to Hell?
This is a question that many people wrestle with. If God is good, how can he justify sending good people to hell? The answer to this question really lies in how we understand the goodness of God and the nature of man’s own heart.
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Why Become a Christian
Considering Christianity? So many of our days are spent making small choices. Paper or plastic. Oatmeal or eggs. But every once in a while you hit the kind of question that will not leave you alone. Why am I here? Is there a God who knows me? What happens when I die? I have…
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How to Trust God and be Saved
Introduction Those who trust God placing their faith in the saving work of Christ are called Christians. The term ‘Christian’ literally means “Little Christ” and was first used to describe Christ followers in the first century. Acts 11 tells us that in Antioch, after Barnabas and Paul taught the disciples for about a year,…
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The Church at The End of The Age
The book of Revelation is often viewed as a mysterious and challenging book – one that many people avoid reading. In it God reveals what His wrath against the unbelieving world will look like at the end of the age. Fortunately, it is not written to scare or worry those who believe in Christ…
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The Church in Perilous Times
In the Christian West we stand at a crossroads. We are watching hundreds of churches leave the United Methodists and others grapple with the inroads that modern culture is making in traditional Christendom. Christian standards are under attack amid todays rampant cultural decay. What are we to do as the body in these perilous…
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Five Lessons from David and Goliath
No Armor Required What lessons can the story of David and Goliath tell us? Sure – this is a commonly known Bible story. I first learned it when in grade school as my Sunday school teacher put pictures of David and Goliath up on a flannel board (do you remember those). Of course this…
