Mark Braun in The Mustard Seed and the Yeast, wrote: “If you had ventured a guess about the future of Jesus’ kingdom two-thirds of the way through His ministry, how optimistic would you have been? He grew up in a despised province of the Roman Empire. He was born before his mother’s marriage had become […]
There’s a wonderful legend about Saint Francis, the kindly thirteenth-century monk, who one day informed his brethren that he planned to go into the nearby village on a preaching mission. He invited a novice to go along. On their way, they passed an injured man, and Francis promptly stopped, saw to the poor fellow’s needs, […]
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. […]
After a stray dog in Ecuador met a team of four Swedish adventure athletes, he grew so attached to the squad that he ran for miles and swam long distances to keep up with them. The team chose to name the dog Arthur. This muddy, wounded animal (not a far cry from the state of […]
“The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord stands forever.” Isaiah 40:8 A number of years ago, a visitor at an exhibit of the Dead Sea Scrolls remarked, “Just to look at it makes chills run down my spine. This Bible through the ages still says the same thing.” Found […]
These past few weeks, we all have been watching the fires in California, especially those of us who live here. The fires have been too close to home, literally. A staff member’s brother lost his home and everything in it this past week. Thankfully, the family was on vacation elsewhere, so no one was harmed. […]
In 1981, a rather prophetic lecture was given at the University of Notre Dame that predicted the collapse of the Soviet Union. The lecturer called Communism “a sad, bizarre chapter in human history whose last pages are even now being written.” A year later the same speaker told the British House of Commons that the […]
1 John 2:1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. The Apostle John assures us that God knows we are human. While He would certainly prefer that we not sin, […]
Jesus said: “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will […]
