The Parable of the Wedding Banquet “Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a...

“Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will...

While in college I took more courses in history than I did in religion, and I read quite a bit more about the Civil War than other events....

The Seven Last Sentences from Jesus 1. Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do… “Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for...

(Our devotion in a cemetery, early Easter morning) Why are we here this morning and why have those that believe that Jesus is the Son of...

We this week the passion of Christ. This weekend we will celebrate the resurrection, so for a few moments, let’s recount the crucifixion...

Grieving David and Bathsheba. (II Samuel 11-12, Selected Verses, NIV) “In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David sent...

Last night Will Smith lost his temper when Chris Rock made a joke, at the Oscar’s, at the expense of Will Smith’s wife. What he did,...

We’re all watching in disbelief the disaster that has fallen upon Ukraine, and indeed upon Europe as a whole. Who would have thought that...

How does a person get to heaven and what does it really mean to be a Christian?  There’s no more important question in life to ask than...

We usually talk about “legalism” in a negative way, but I think that in two regards it might be good to consider becoming legalistic: 1...

For a moment, look at your own hands, or the hands of one you love. Aren’t they marvelously made? I read an article recently by by Dr...

The prophet Jeremiah was “called” before he was even born for an extraordinary life. It was a life of emotional trauma and loneliness. It...

I had a very strange dream last night, and each time I went back to sleep, I picked up on the dream where I had just left off. I do...

If you had to follow someone, who would it be and what credentials would you demand? Think about this for a moment: In terms of flesh...

When I was a teenager I took a Red Cross course to become a certified life guard. I can still recall, decades later, the warning about...

"Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers...

In my home it is lying, more than anything else, that keeps my sons from having and enjoying  more, not less.  They can sneak by and lie...

Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind....

Yesterday I took my youngest son into the local grocer to up the essentials. At the entrance we passed by a tall lady with four-foot long...