How to Full Experience Joy this Christmas
Discover the joy of salvation this Christmas. Let the Good Shepherd’s voice fill your heart and transform your life with His peace and hope.
Discover the joy of salvation this Christmas. Let the Good Shepherd’s voice fill your heart and transform your life with His peace and hope.
The church is a lifeboat, offering rescue from sin and guiding others to salvation through Jesus Christ.
Reflecting on Easter and turning 34, I find a bittersweet connection to Christ’s ministry and my own journey.
Posted January 10, 2012. Yesterday, AllFacebook.com released its “Facebook’s Most Engaging Pages” list. Here are the top five results: Name Fans Interactions 1. Jesus Daily 10,793,374 4,654,504 2. Dios Es Bueno 4,924,265 2,072,875 3. Justin Bieber 38,824,512 1,317,489 4. The Bible 8,416,471 1,282,479 5. Mario Teguh 5,289,072 1,217,350 The headline of this article reads “Justin Bieber Is Facebook’s Third Most Engaging…
I came across an old Larry Norman video. My mind immediately went to his famous song, “I Wish We’d All Been Ready”, so I searched for a couple of versions. It had been a long time since I had heard this song and I had forgotten how haunting the lyrics were.
The other morning,my mind wandered. I started pondering the magnitude of Jesus’ power and authority while He walked this earth. Then, for whatever reason, I started to ask myself whether or not Jesus could fly.
When we lived in Alaska, there was an interdenominational softball league. Each church put together a team of members to compete against each other…for fun of course! As I stood in the field, I wondered, what team would Jesus play for? Would Jesus even play church league softball?
The birth of a child is an extremely exciting time. It is almost always followed by great emotion and celebration first by the parents as they gaze into the eyes of the child for the first time, then by jubilant family members who have been pacing in the waiting room for hours. For the Christian, do we engage in this kind of excitement with rebirth? And if not, why not?
Too often we follow the world’s example on where our power lies and how it’s obtained. It’s so easy to get caught up in convincing people of our importance or status (code-words for power), but it doesn’t have the impact we think it will. It doesn’t last. It’s an ineffective way to lead and influence people. Instead, we must remember that true power is found in Christ alone.
We’ve all fallen short of the Father’s kingdom, but Jesus still comes to carry us home.
Biblical marriage roles aren’t about control—they’re about reflecting Christ and His Church in a world that’s forgotten God’s design.