It’s a New Year! Really?
Now that we have celebrated Christmas in all its glory, and have done so religiously as well as commercially, we are immediately face-to-face with what we call the New Year. But is it really the start of the year? The [...]
Call His Name Jesus
Joseph, who was engaged to Mary, discovered "before they came together [that] she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce [...]
Jesus and God’s Word
In a recent post I shared the importance of Jesus' statement, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God" (Matthew 4:4 and Luke 4:4 [ESV], quoted from Deuteronomy 8:3). The Word [...]
Man Shall Not Live by Krispy Kremes® Alone
"Peter, you'd better explain yourself." Well, I can better paraphrase the text as "Man shall not live by Praise and Worship alone." I want to emphasize the truth as applicable to today's expression of the church. In fact, you could replace [...]
Every Believer Needs A Eureka Moment
Ephesians is loaded with truth, and there is just one word that I want to focus on to amplify the title above. But first, let's look at the "address on the envelope." Ephesians was definitely written to Christians: "to the [...]
Go Tell How Much The Lord Has Done
Previously on Lessons from the Great Physician: Lesson One: Establish the will of God Lesson Two: Accept the authority of God's Word Lesson Three: Recognize your family rights Lesson Four: Have Faith in your own faith The fifth lesson from [...]
The Turning Point
Spare a moment to think of all the preachers who are still preaching after decades, and how they have to find something new to say each Easter season. It's not easy to fool some long-time listeners with a new title [...]
Jump and Trust the Parachute
The fourth lesson from the Great Physician is found in the stilling of the storm on the Sea of Galilee in Matthew 8:18,23-27. The same incident is also recorded in Mark 4:35-41 and Luke 8:22-25. "Now when Jesus saw a [...]
Mothers-in-law
I was fortunate in that I had a good mother-in-law. While I saw her quite often when my wife and I were courting, after our marriage we moved 1680 miles away (2690 km) for eight years, and almost any [...]
When Jesus was Amazed!
In my previous post I discussed the early ministry of Jesus in Matthew’s gospel, then jumped over the Sermon on the Mount to chapter 8, and “Lessons from the Great Physician.” The first of those lessons was based […]