“No longer will there be any curse . . . ‘for the old order of things has passed away’” (Revelation 22:3, 21:4).   This month we celebrate Easter, and let me make something perfectly clear – EASTER IS FOR EVERYONE but not EVERYONE IS FOR EASTER! Easter is for everyone who, by grace through faith, will acknowledge Jesus as the crucified and risen Savior of the world, confess and repent of their sin, and receive the forgiveness of God the Father and Jesus as Lord over their lives. If this is you, oh what a word of encouragement I have […]

When was the last time you considered just how easy it is to fall into the trap of exchanging the love and devotion you have for our Creator for created things? Now, I am not just speaking about those created things that we would put under the heading of “BAD” – like possessions that possess us, worldliness that wreaks havoc in our world, and the desperate desire for instant gratification regardless of the cost or circumstance. We exchange the Creator for some very good created things like . . . Family Friends Finances Success Work Church service Hobbies Possessions Can […]

There are countless ways we can waste the little and precious time our Lord has given to us.  But there is one way that trumps them all – PROCRASTINATION – putting off until tomorrow what we should and must do today. And if the truth be known, one day soon, tomorrow will not come.   “As Paul talked about righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix was afraid and said, ‘That’s enough for now! You may leave. When I find it convenient, I will send for you’”  (Acts 24:25). The apostle Paul is speaking before Governor Felix at Caesarea about […]

“After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, ‘Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him’” (Matthew 2:1-2). It’s one of the iconic images of Christmas, instantly recognizable to Christians and unbelievers alike: three Magi — or “wise men,” as many Bible translations render the Greek word magos — traveling across the desert, following a bright star in the east. The other image of the Magi we immediately […]

“That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses…