As December gets underway, I am sure that you have so many things on your mind. Shopping, gifts, travel planning, and how you’re going to afford it all.
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In Luke chapter one, there is a beautiful song about a promised savior—Jesus. One of the many things said about the Savior is that “He will be the rising sun coming from heaven.”
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The Christmas season is wonderful. We’re celebrating the birth of the Son of God, and I’m so glad for the opportunity that Christmas gives us to speak openly about Jesus Christ and to talk about His purpose in coming to this earth.
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When Jesus was born, the Jewish people were waiting, anticipating the arrival of a savior. The ancient prophets had promised a Messiah and they were waiting for Him.
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Before the first Christmas, a man named Zechariah found himself in the presence of the angel Gabriel.
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We know that Jesus freely offers everyone abundant life, but just because it’s free doesn’t mean the Christian life is always easy.
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What does your soul need today? Your body might need lunch or a good night's sleep. But what does your soul need?
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Sometimes, I find myself thinking about… well… myself. I consider my own comforts and personal tastes.
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We often get God wrong. Or maybe we have a warped idea of what God is really like.
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I know of a young woman who is in college with the hope of going to medical school someday. She works in a hospital all day and takes classes at night.
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I’ve met a lot of Christians who feel too far removed from Jesus; they can’t make that personal connection with the cross.
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If you're like me, sometimes you feel exhausting to God. So needy—always coming to Him with problems or weaknesses or failures.
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The stories in children’s Bibles are almost always simplified. They are streamlined, so that children can understand the stories at their level.
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In Psalm 103, the writer says that God will crown us with love and compassion.
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When Jesus’ disciples came to Him and told Him that the crowd was hungry, Jesus said, You give them something to eat. The disciples protested, saying, Hey, we don’t have enough.
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There is a thrilling account in the Bible of an event in the life of the prophet Elisha. I love this story!
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In Psalm 103, the writer says that God will redeem our lives from the pit. Have you ever been in a pit?
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Most of us have a built-in need to be safe and secure. We spend huge amounts of time perfecting the right diet, the right exercise routine, the right medical regimen, the right home environment.
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I read this week that the center of human identity is the presence of core desires. Does this ring true for you?
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Recently, my team and I had a very fruitful time of outreach in a nation in Africa. We saw thousands of people give their hearts and lives to Jesus Christ.
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