A little boy and his father were driving down a country road on a beautiful spring afternoon. Suddenly out of nowhere a confused bee flew in the car window. The little boy was deathly allergic to bee stings and he became petrified with fear. His father however, instinctively reached out, grabbed the bee, squeezed it in his hand, and then released it. As soon as he let it go, the young son became…

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I recently read an article about Sohan Singh who has banned customers from his grocery store in England. He told a London newspaper that he was forced to take such drastic action because of people’s bad manners. First, he banned smoking, then crude language, baby strollers, pets, and finally customers themselves. Shoppers now must look through the window to spot items they want and then ring a…

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Have you ever noticed that when we read a novel or watch a movie we tend to identify with a person, group of people, or situation in it. It seems to be a natural human characteristic to find personal connections with a story. No doubt that is why Jesus often used the parables to teach the crowds. Parables are moral stories designed to connect truth with life, and as they heard Jesus speak they…

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As Luke the 13th chapter opens Jesus is met by some disciples who report on a tragedy that had recently unfolded in Jerusalem, the killing of some Galilean worshipers at the temple. When we hear of an untimely death or acts of violence we naturally ask, “Why?” Why did this have to happen to this person? Perhaps the victim was a good loving individual, a family person, or a valued citizen.

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One of my dad’s favorite cartoons was Popeye. Popeye was always on some adventure along with his girlfriend Olive Oyl, his rival Bluto, and, of course, baby Swee’ Pea his adopted son who he called “kid”. The plot of most of the cartoons culminated with Popeye getting pulverized by Bluto or some other villain until finally, just when all hope seemed lost, he would reach into his shirt…

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I’ve recently been reading about the life and ministry of Hudson Taylor, a remarkable evangelist who went to China with the simple Biblical message of the good news about Jesus. When Taylor made his first trip to China in 1855 the voyage nearly ended in disaster. The wind had died, and the current was carrying them toward sunken reefs which were close to islands inhabited by cannibals—so close…

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Quite possibly the best-known parable or teaching of Jesus is the story of the good Samaritan. Likely we’ve all heard verses 30-35 “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho,” and so on. The story is so well known there are dozens of Hospitals and nursing facilities in the US named after the Good Samaritan. Who knows how many sermons have been preached about it over the years…

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In Luke 9:51 Luke records that When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem. It only really takes about three days to walk from Galilee to Jerusalem. But Jesus would take an entire six months for this trip. Along the way he would stop to do teaching and preaching in various cities, sometimes he was met with success and other times rejection.

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The way you think determines the way you feel, and the way you feel determines the way you act. If you want to change the way you act or feel , start by changing the way you think. We might say, “I need to love my spouse more,” but that isn’t necessarily going to work. You can’t will your way into a feeling. You must change the way you think about your spouse, about your kids…

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Paul open Philippians three with the following phrase “ I once thought these things were valuable, but now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done. Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ” The other day I was…

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