I’M SURE MOST OF YOU CELEBRATED CHRISTMAS IN THE TRADITIONAL FASHION WITH PRESENTS, FOOD, AND FAMILY. SOME PUT UP BIG CHRISTMAS TREES AND HOUSE LIGHTS, AND YOU MAY EVEN HAVE A “KEEP CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS” MAGNET ON YOUR CAR. A SEASON FILLED WITH PREPARATION AND ANTICIPATION OF SHOPPING IN CROWDED MALLS, WRITING AND MAILING CHRISTMAS […]

If you can only make Christmas exciting with material things, how will the children get a thirst for God? Bend the efforts of your imagination to make the wonder of the King’s arrival visible for the children.” Piper Luke 2:41–50 41 And his parents went every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover. […]

Dignity of truth. The truth can not be burned, beheaded or crucified. A lie on the throne is a lie still, and truth in a dungeon is still truth; and the lie on the throne is on the way to defeat, and the truth in the dungeon is on the way to victory   What […]

[The incarnation is] “that incredible interruption, as a blow that broke the very backbone of history.… It were better to rend our robes with a great cry against blasphemy, like Caiaphas in the judgment, rather than to stand stupidly debating fine shades of pantheism in the presence of so catastrophic a claim.”—G. K. Chesterton Micah […]

Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. Gen 3:1 Why is the woman approached and tricked first? What’s going on here is pretty clear. What we have is a complete reversal of God’s created order. It’s no longer man submitting himself to God and the […]

Is the culture shaping the Biblical view of marriage? When you start doing this sort of analysis, you compare the marriage rates and divorce rates over the last 50 years. Compare what’s happening in the educational systems. When I was in high school it is was hard to find a couple that would talk openly […]

Matthew 6:5-8 5 “Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. I assure you: They’ve got their reward! 6 But when you pray, go into your private room, shut your door, and pray to […]

“What is the will of God for my life?” To search for the will of God can be an exercise in piety or impiety, an act of humble submission or outrageous arrogance—depending on what will of God we seek. God delights to hear the prayers of His people when they individually ask, “Lord, what do […]

Before we talk about discipleship, let’s talk about disciples. The question is, ARE YOU a disciple? The terms disciple and Christian are related but not synonymous. The Greek term for “disciple” in the New Testament is mathetes, which means more than just “student” or “learner.” A disciple is a “follower,” someone who adheres completely to […]

COURAGE: THE STRENGTH OF MIND TO MEET DANGER AND DIFFICULTIES IN OBEDIENCE TO GOD’S PURPOSES IN HIS STRENGTH AND GUIDANCE. YOU WILL HAVE TO HAVE COURAGE TO LEAVE YOUR COMFORTS AND SECURITY OF HOME TO SERVE GOD. BLENDING INTO THIS WORLD MEANS YOU ARE LIVING IN OPPOSITION TO SCRIPTURE. DUE TO OUR SIN NATURE, OUR […]