A number of years ago, young Matthew LeSage, a third grader, wanted to do something to help those who were hungry in his city. He started a program called Hams for the Hungry. In its fourth year, Hams for the Hungry raised $40,000 to brighten the holiday season for people with limited resources. Matthew’s story […]
Recently, an Atlanta news source reported that a grandfather, Manuel Pinzon, age 78, was playing in the backyard with his twin granddaughters when a large tree branch suddenly cracked and began to fall. Without hesitation, he pushed the girls out of harm’s way, taking the full impact himself. The 8-year-old girls lived. He did not. […]
Christians tend to use terms that a lot of people find confusing. They use words like salvation and justification. What do these things mean? Both of these words refer to the experience of coming to a belief in Jesus as your Savior. Salvation comes from believing in Jesus and confessing your sins to Him. When […]
Ah, the Good Old Days! Nostalgia is an interesting thing. It embellishes our memories and makes the past look and feel so much better than it really was. Perhaps you have a storyteller in your family who possesses the ability to tell stories of the past so eloquently that it makes you feel cheated that […]
Trevor Beeson stood at the high altar of Westminster Abbey to celebrate the marriage of his daughter, Catharine, to Anthony, aged twenty-three. Nine months later he stood before the same altar for Anthony’s funeral. Anthony had been killed when his car ran into a wall in East London. Four months later, Trevor returned to the […]
One thing that pains me to see is well-meaning people trying to support others with theology that isn’t accurate. For example, a dear woman watched her husband suffer from a serious illness. Throughout his struggle, her friends told her, “If you pray the right way, God will heal him.” When he passed away, these same […]
Have you ever hunted for treasure? Van Morris is a treasure hunter of sorts. He started hunting for treasure with a metal detector as a hobby more than 20 years ago, and he has been at it ever since. When Van began treasurer hunting, he received two pieces of valuable advice: First, he was told, […]
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 […]
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. […]
