We would all like to have a friend in a high place. It called having connections with people who have connections. It doesn't hurt. When we believe in Jesus as God's Son, risen from the dead, and ascended to heaven, we have a friend in the very highest place: on the ... Continue

There is great power in true friendship. The power is in the bond that friends share in personal commitment to one another. If you find yourself in such a relationship, you are blessed. Jesus is our truest friend. All other friends do fail each other at times, but Jesus never fails ... Continue

Dead in trespasses and sins, that's the way the Bible describes us all. We are spiritually dead in the sin of Adam and Eve. Spiritual deadness is rejection of the one true God, who is God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit. How shall we live again ... Continue

The closed minded--they are all around us. Actually, each one of us is closed minded--the result of sin in our lives. We are closed to God's forgiveness in Jesus Christ, his only Son. who suffered and died to take away our sins, and rose again to bring us eternal life. ... Continue

The world clamors for peace. Why can nation lay down it arms against nation? Why can't terrorists repent of their killing agenda? Are we so powerless to stop ourselves? But the answer is obvious: we are powerless to stop ourselves, and therefore warfare will never cease. Yet Jesus, the eternal ... Continue

We all have appointments to keep which we dread. We prefer the happy and comfortable. Jesus Christ had an appointment to keep which we would never show up for. His appointment to keep with the cross was approaching. He did not run, but rather entered into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. ... Continue

Sacrifice does not come naturally to sinners. We think of our self first and last. It is called self-preservation. Jesus Christ was the pure man, also fully God. He did the unthinkable: he sacrificed his entire life for the world, suffering even hell itself on the cross, to atone for ... Continue

In our day, we take evil lightly, as if it is not a conscious spiritual force. But the Bible tells us evil is real, and it is fully conscious:The devil and the demons under his control. They are seeking to destroy every human being. They know you who are. They see ... Continue

Jesus is the Son of God, born a sinless human being. He has eyesight we don't have as sinners. He sees our dire for salvation, and he helps us to see that he is the one who saves. By the Word of God, he gives us spiritual eyes to see ... Continue

What Christmas is N-O-T: It is not presents, decorations, Santa Claus, snow men or any kind of fairytale. What Christmas IS: God the Holy Spirit came upon a poor virgin named Mary and conceived in her the Son of God. This happened! God the Son became man to save us all from ... Continue