Gracious Gifts from God

Luke 17:17-19 Watch on YouTube Watch on Facebook One day 10 men came to Jesus. They all had leprosy. Their disease caused them to live as social outcasts. They couldn’t be in the towns and villages and everywhere they went…

Thanksgiving in Difficulties

Job 1:21 Watch on YouTube – Watch on Facebook In the Bible there is a story of a woman by the name of Naomi who is very bitter towards God. Early on in her marriage she and her husband and…

A Blessed Life

Psalm 107:1 “I don’t believe in God but he must believe in me.” A friend of mine told me that a couple of times. He was an atheist and didn’t believe in God and at first I didn’t understand what…

God is Treating You As Sons

Hebrews 12:5b-7a Malcolm Fraser, a former Prime Minister of Australia, famously said life wasn’t meant to be easy. He meant that life is gonna have hardships we might as well just suck it up and deal with it. Though there…

Sin is paid for with blood

Hebrews 9:22, 10:4 One way to describe worship in Old Testament times is “bloody.” God required animal sacrifice from his people day in and day out. Bulls, goats, lambs, and other animals were to be sacrificed for the sins of…

What’s in your news feed?

Colossians 3:1-2 Watch on YouTube – Watch on Facebook How many cat videos have you seen in your Facebook feed today? It’s amazing all of the different videos and posts that will be in your newsfeed: political agendas, pets, whatever…

To Do Lists: Left Undone

Mathew 5:17 Recently I was reading an article online concerning how to be a more productive person. One of the suggestions from the author was to get rid of your to-do list. He said as useful it as it is…

Rest for the Soul

Matthew 11:28-30 Eight hours of sleep. That seems to be the magic number. It is most commonly promoted as the amount of sleep that the average person needs. Maybe you can get by with a little less, maybe you need…

What does the Bible Say about Resurection?

Ecclesiasties 12:7, Job 29:25-26, Philippeans 3:21 What does the Bible say about resurrection? One day at church, an elderly member of mine was picking up her grandson from catechism class and she asked me: “what does it mean when we…

Do You Feel Like a Loser?

1 Corinthians 15:57 Watch on YouTube How is your football team performing this year? Isn’t it funny how our emotions are so greatly influenced by the success or failure of our team? We’re not on the field dropping the ball,…

Why Go to Church?

Romans 3:22-24 Watch on YouTube “You just think you’re better than everyone else.” That’s what a man told me when I was talking to him about going to church. He thought that Christianity teaches that a person gets to heaven…

One True God

John 17:3 Elijah threw down a challenge: you pray to your god and I’ll pray to mine and the God that lights the sacrifice, he is the true God. Elijah even gave the prophets of Baal the opportunity to start.…