Jesus' ultimate mission was one of adoption, to make us a part of God's beloved Family with all the inherent privileges. And so He has... This is our reason for living and our Hope for what follows. All glory to His name!

"For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And it was not paid with mere gold or silver, which lose their value. It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God."

There is no sweeter communion in all the universe than that of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit--The Holy Trinity--God in Three Persons. Holy, Holy, Holy is His name!

Jesus, The Word Made Flesh, affirmed by His written Word, is ever the place to turn. If you are in Christ, you are in a no-lose situation: You not only have Hope in this life but eternal Hope.

To realize that mankind, even the most religious people of the time, chose to nail the very Son of God to a cross, shows the depth of depravity, wickedness, and enmity against our Creator.

When we're broken, crushed, torn up inside, inconsolable, writhing with pain, the Wonderful Counselor encourages us sow seeds, even while our tears are falling!

Unlike Peter's famous sermon on Pentecost, Stephen's audience wasn't cut to the quick. Filled instead with seething rage, they picked up stones and let them fly. But the Good News about Jesus Christ was not extinguished.

Christians in all traditions teach a core belief that Jesus Christ, in fulfilling His mission, executed, as one God-man, the three offices of prophet, priest, and king.

The book of Proverbs is summarized, then, in a poem praising a woman who is the wise manager of diverse enterprises ranging from weaving to wine making to trade in the market.

The natural tendency of human beings is to take care of themselves first and then maybe others. But if we're truly new creatures in Christ, then others take on a much higher priority.