God is not concerned with the abundance of our words, but with the sincerity of His child's heart in prayer.

The 15th Century saw the fall of Constantinople, the capital of the eastern Roman Empire. It was an event that shook the world in its day, and contributed to events that would shatter the peace of Christian Europe within 75 years.

From Eden to the New Jerusalem, the Bible reveals God's enduring plan to dwell with His people. The garden, patriarchal altars, tabernacle, and temple all foreshadow Christ, the true and living temple, culminating in the presence of God with His redeemed people in the everlasting Kingdom.

True prayer is the Christian speaking from the heart, to God as Father, with sincerity and love, hoping for nothing less than communion with the Almighty.

We must diligently guard our hearts so that we serve others out of love for God and for Christ's sake, not for the love of self and the praise of others.

The Law of God is often misunderstood, or assumed to be a negative thing that was only part of the Old Covenant. But the Law of God is good, because it was given by God. The Moral Law was written on man's heart at creation, and is forever binding on all men, not for justification, but for the obedience we owe God as our Creator.