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When was the last time you experienced joy? The kind of joy you can’t contain and that sort of just spills out of you. How much of that joy are you living with today? How would you rate yourself on the joy scale? With joy being a 10 where are you today? Are you at 7 or 9 or maybe... Read More →

The care and safety of Mary and Jesus (our Savior) was entrusted to an ordinary man who received a gift that he neither asked for nor wanted. The importance of Joseph in God’s plan of salvation is unfathomable. As a righteous man, one who honored the law and lived uprightly,... Read More →

Christmas, for all its wonder, festivities and delight, can also bring many stressors. That first Christmas was no different. Despite our impression of a perfect manger scene where all is peaceful and bright, the journey to get there and the circumstances afterward were filled... Read More →

God prefers losers! He prefers people who know their weaknesses and their flaws and admit their mistakes and sins and cry out to Him for help. God specializes in taking losers and nobodies and displaying His power through them. The Bible is full of people like that. Noah had too... Read More →

Jesus told the parable of the sower who scattered seed which fell on varying soil types. Some fell on a beaten path that was too hard for it to take root and birds came and ate the seed. Some fell into shallow rocky soil and started to sprout but couldn’t get rooted deeply, and... Read More →

“According to D. A. Carson, “tolerance” has changed from accepting that lots of people have different views, some of which are wrong, to agreeing that all views are equally true. What difference does this make? A diametric difference!” (Taken from Milt Reynol... Read More →

“If it makes you happy; it can’t be that bad.” Not only are these lyrics from a popular song by Sheryl Crow, but they represent the mantra of a society in constant search of the next new thing that will make them comfortable and happy. How often do you hear someone say, “I just... Read More →

Pharisees were the religious leaders of Jesus’ day. They would have been educated in the Old Testament Scriptures and would have been required to memorized the first five books, the Torah—Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. This is certainly commendable. They... Read More →

Hypocrisy is one of the great shames of Christianity. It is the #1 reason why people outside the church say they don’t go to church. For some it is merely an excuse, but others have been disillusioned by the gap between what some Christians say and how they livs, or between the... Read More →