This is Christmas week. We celebrate that God became a fellow traveler with us in a new way. Just as Mary placed the infant Jesus in a manger, God placed himself into our difficult, messy, and often t...  Read More

God does not love us because we are so great or good. God loves all of us because he is gracious and good. Remember, Boazs mother was Rahab. She became an ancestor of David; the line of Jesus.Rahab wa...  Read More

God changed Sarai (princess) to Sarah which means mother of nations and kings.When God told Abraham Sarai would be a mother of many nations, while barren, he could not believe it. They laughed in disb...  Read More

“Give freely and become more wealthy; be stingy and lose everything. The generous will prosper; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.”‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭11:24-25‬ ‭NLT‬‬In this world, it is...  Read More

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14The gospels give a complete...  Read More

I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. Luke 2:10-11Joy to the world! The Lord is com...  Read More

During Advent, Christians look forward to the birth of the Savior. While Christmas joy rightly peaks at the birth of Jesus, sometimes we forget the Old Testament stories pointing to that moment at the...  Read More

“But someone may ask, “How will the dead be raised? What kind of bodies will they have?” What a foolish question! When you put a seed into the ground, it doesn’t grow into a plant unless it dies first...  Read More

“Think carefully about what is right, and stop sinning. For to your shame I say that some of you don’t know God at all.”‭‭1 Corinthians‬ 15:34Did you hear what Paul said? We have to live life on purpo...  Read More

“And why should we ourselves risk our lives hour by hour? For I swear, dear brothers and sisters, that I face death daily. This is as certain as my pride in what Christ Jesus our Lord has done in you....  Read More

“For Christ must reign until he humbles all his enemies beneath his feet. And the last enemy to be destroyed is death. For the Scriptures say, “God has put all things under his authority.” (Of course,...  Read More

“But there is an order to this resurrection: Christ was raised as the first of the harvest; then all who belong to Christ will be raised when he comes back. After that the end will come, when he will ...  Read More