In our parable for today we’ll hear Jesus tell a story that drives home the need for us to be watchful and ready. Now, we can hear those words I’ve just spoken and run with them in any number of
In Matthew 15:1-2, the Pharisees asked Jesus, “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat.” We spent all of our time last week taking a look at the endless ways
We are prone to devise systems of morality that make us feel good about ourselves. Even better is to come up with a set of morals that make us feel better than the next person. Still better to come up
If we were to begin a new study of the attributes of God, the characteristics of God, we could begin our study, but we could never plumb the depths or climb the heights of all that God is. We could
I love Father’s Day. I absolutely love Father’s Day, but it’s not because I need another tie or gift card or anything else for that matter. I don’t need a thing. I love Father’s Day because I love being a
I know I sound like a broken record when you hear me say over and over again, “God’s Word has the power to transform your life.” I know those words to be true. I know it to be true personally,
As the sun begins to set on Friday evening devout Jews around the world will gather in their homes and synagogues for evening prayer. After their time of prayer the family will gather around the table in their home and
Today we will take a look at two parables, found in Luke 14:25-35. The parable of the man who set out to build a tower and the parable of the king about to go to war. Both parables are set
Main Scripture: 6 What can we bring to the Lord? Should we bring him burnt offerings?Should we bow before God Most High with offerings of yearling calves?7 Should we offer him thousands of rams and ten thousand rivers of olive oil?Should we sacrifice our firstborn children to
In the early Church, when one follower of Jesus would greet another, oftentimes the greeting went like this: “Christ is Risen.” And the response would be, “He is Risen indeed!” The phrase was spoken at Easter, but it was spoken
