Month January 2018

Calming Life’s Storms

Matthew 8:26 For a while, one of my daughters pretended that she could control the wind. She would joke to her siblings about being able to make it blow or stop. That would be a pretty neat power to have…

What is Church?

Romans 1:16 What do you call church? I think for most American Christians we refer to what we do on Sunday morning as worship. And it’s an appropriate term. We come to church to offer God our prayers and praise…

Perfect Resolutions

Luke 9:51 Watch on YouTube You’ve had a bit of time, what’s the list like? Is it perfectly completed? Does it look curiously like last year’s list? Maybe even exactly, because it needed rework? Resolutions can be good discipline for…

World Religions

Romans 6:23b Have you ever wondered if there’s really that big of a difference between the world religions? Sure they all have their different customs, different holy days, different set of rules, but aren’t they all trying to achieve the…

Prayer Life

Psalm 119:171 Have you ever wished that your prayer life was more fluent? Came about more easily? Naturally? It’s a natural thing for a Christian to want or desire such a thing, to be more fluent or efficient in prayer.…

Jesus’ First Miracle

John 2:11 You’ve probably heard, or even know, the story. Jesus was at a wedding in Cana. He was there with his mother and some of his disciples. The custom was for a wedding to go for a number of…

Wise Men in Jerusalem

Matthew 2:6, Micah 5:2 Watch on YouTube – Watch on Facebook There must have been quite a stir that day in Jerusalem. Scholarly men from the East had traveled hundreds of miles following a miracle star that they said was…

What’s up with the Wise Men?

Isaiah 49:6 What’s up with the wise men? Around this time of year we see a lot of nativity scenes and of course there’s Mary and Joseph, and the baby, also some shepherds and some sheep, and some cattle thrown…

Hold on To Jesus

Luke 2:28-32 How would you respond if you saw the baby Jesus? What would you do? When Jesus’ parents Mary and Joseph took him to the temple there was a man waiting there to see him. His name was Simeon.…

Healing and Forgiveness

Matthew 9:8, John 20:22b-23a In the bible we hear a story about a paralyzed man whose friends want to bring him to Jesus to be healed. When they arrive at the house where Jesus is at it’s full of people…