Beatitudes were not a new thing in the world of Jesus. They were pretty much common sense sayings that expressed what everyone already knew. They were short ...

The same night he got up and took his two wives, his two maids, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.  He took them and sent them acro...

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run wi...

Dear United Methodist friends, Grace and peace to you in the name of Jesus Christ. This year, Ascension Day and Aldersgate Day converge meaningfully on our...

Hebrews 6:1-2 Therefore let us move beyond the elementary teachings about Christ and be taken forward to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repenta...

You ever go to a place with so many things to look at that you feel almost over-whelmed? Where do I let my eye settle? Do I focus on the view out the window?...

In the first book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus did and taught from the beginning until the day when he was taken up to heaven, after giving inst...

After his suffering Jesus presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking to them about the Kingd...

Psalm 46 Common English Bible God is our refuge and strength, a help always near in times of great trouble. That’s why we won’t be afraid when the world fall...

And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces h...

One of the suggested readings for last week comes from Genesis 9 where God tells Noah, “I have set my bow in the clouds and it shall be a sign of the covenan...

for God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7 So, how are you? How is it with...

When our son, Nathan, was little he would frequently say “I have a plan” and then explain why we should do what he thought would be fun. I suspect he inherit...

Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly; do not claim to be wiser than you are. Do not repay anyone evil for evil, ...

John 13:34-35: I give you a new commandment, that you love one another.  Just as I have loved you, you should also love one another. By this everyone will kn...

Some people brought children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them, but the disciples scolded the people. When Jesus noticed this, he was angry and sai...

When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways. For now we ...

Key verse: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace ...

Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. What do people gain from all the toil at which they toil under the sun? A generation...

Eugene Peterson describes what he calls a “tourist mindset” by saying that for some, “religion is understood as a visit to an attractive site to be made when...