Go and Tell Mark 5:1-20 Mark 5:1-20 tells the account of a man who was demon possessed. This man was so bad that they had tried (and failed) to control him by binding him hand and foot with chains. And this and many other efforts had failed. “No one was strong enough to subdue him.” […]
Remember Who You Are! Matthew 13:55 One of the things my Dad always said is, “Remember who you are”. The idea was that no matter where you went, whether it was out for the night or off to college, that you represented your family. Being part a family impacts who you are and how you […]
Build Your House On The Rock Matthew 7:21-27 “Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had […]
Do you want to get well? Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. […]
Where is your Faith? How do you respond when things are not going well? When storms come, when there’s trouble in the world, when things are difficult with your spouse or kids, when work is overwhelming and stressful, or when there’s conflict even in the church … Where do you look for help? Where should […]
Let it Shine Have you ever dropped something really small? So small that it’s hard to find it? Just the other day, I dropped a small part of something we were trying to repair. The part was so small that we could not see it – even though it was right in front of […]
Urgency Defines Authority All Christians – and even many unbelievers – rightly regard Jesus as a great teacher. But what made Him a great teacher? Luke 4:32 provides some insight to this question. “They were amazed at his teaching, because his words had authority.” (Luke 4:32) And again a few verses later, “All the people […]
Sent Have you ever considered … Why did Jesus COME? While there are many reasons, let me state three: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.” (Matthew 5:17) Jesus came to fulfill the law. For I […]
The Revelation of the Glory of God Have you ever wondered why Jesus did miracles? The account of Jesus’ first miracle gives us some insight to that question. Jesus’ first public miracle is recorded in John chapter 2, the miracle of turning water into wine. There are many things that could be said […]
Jesus and Social Distancing In the first chapter of Mark, we see an interesting and profound encounter with Jesus and man with leprosy. Leprosy is a skin disease that is highly contagious. In the times of the Bible, when someone had leprosy, they were required to keep their distance from all other people. Furthermore, […]
The Favor of God If you could ask for one thing this year, what would it be? I would submit that nothing could be better to ask for than to live in the Favor of God. In the familiar Christmas Story passage of Luke 2, we hear the multitude of the heavenly […]
Have You Met Jesus? The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found Messiah” (that is, the Christ). John 1:41 Have you met Jesus? Do you know Him? I would submit that there is no greater question to ask of yourself or ask anyone else than […]
