In Joshua 5:13-14 it reads, “Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went up to him and asked, ‘Are you for us or for our enemies?’ ‘Neither,’ he replied, ‘but as commander of the army of the […]
But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. 1 Corinthians 15:20-22 […]
As Christians, we affirm a belief in the Son, Jesus Christ. We say that God took on human form, came and lived among us, suffered the same trials that we suffer, and experienced the same feelings that we experience. Jesus was purely human and purely divine. Jesus was not just God. Jesus was God incarnate. […]
“Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life (John 4:13,14 NIV).” I think this text contains one of the most incredible teachings of Christ. […]
The Spirit of the LORD has anointed Jesus: “To preach good news to the poor. To bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, […]
An email was sent to me by a family member. I am constantly on the lookout for stories to use for sermon illustrations and I anticipated this would be another inspiring story to add to my collection. The title was “A Sweet Story”. I was not prepared for the content, to say the least. ———————- […]
Father Greg Boyle is in the business of erasing the past. A Jesuit priest who is the founder and director of “Homeboy Industries” in East Los Angeles, Father Boyle put together a team of physicians trained in the laser technology of tattoo removal. The team is part of a program that takes the tattoos of […]
Henry Augustus Rowland, professor of physics at Johns Hopkins University, was once called as an expert witness at a trial. During cross-examination, a lawyer demanded, “What are your qualifications as an expert witness in this case?” The normally modest and retiring professor replied quietly, “I am the greatest living expert on the subject under discussion.” […]
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, […]
