The Unpardonable Sin He came to His own and, and those who were His own did not receive Him, John1:12. Jesus Christ came to the Jewish people and the Jewish leadership rejected Him.  This Sunday we shall look at the four stages of that rejection.  It follows our look last week of the revelation of […]

Twenty years ago, one of our neighbors whose husband was an FBI agent, was selected to be one as well.  She was gone for several months training at the Academy.  One afternoon, while I was alone in the house working on a message, the door bell rang.  I answered it.  She was standing on the […]

When we study the life of Jesus we quickly notice that the majority of what we know is from His adult life…those 3+ years He spent in ministry. There is of course the story of His birth. The Bible tells us that an angel warned Joseph and Mary and they fled to Egypt with Jesus. Then after it […]

“Remember George, this is no time to go wobbly.”  Both President Bush and Margaret Thatcher report, this is what she said to the President as they mulled what to do in response to Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait in August of 1990. While important for Statesmen and Stateswomen to be firm and faithful to the cause, […]

James addresses the three spiritual seasons all believers must endure:  The Season of Hurting, 13a.  The Season of Smiling, 13b; and the Season of Ailing, 14-16a.  Each one of these seasons bring adversity, prosperity and finally lethargy.  Each has it’s own unique challenges requiring prayer to stay faithful. The third season, spiritual lethargy 14-16a is one […]

I cannot imagine the emotionally charged spiritual experience Pentecost was.  From all over the world Jews had come to the Temple in Jerusalem, as they had for decades.  They heard the Gospel of the Messiah in their own tongue and believed.  Surely it was a “mountain top” experience.  But of late, things were not so hunky dory.  As […]

They say it is better to be poor and happy then rich and miserable.  But couldn’t something be worked out, such as being moderately wealthy and just a little moody? We laugh at the above quote from Readers Digest, but wealth is no laughing matter.  For James, money was more then just “green fun tickets.” […]