The rocky pillow where Jacob placed his head turned out to be the hidden doorstep of heaven.
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“After Jesus was born in Bethlehem…” (Matthew 2:1 NIV) In the race to get it all done, we wind up viewing Christmas as a finish line, but for Joseph and Mary and Jesus, their story was just beginning. They woke up on the morning after…
We are quick to recommend stuff, but how readily we share the best best gift we’ve ever received?
“Our Salvation is nearer now than we first believed.” (Romans 13:11 NIV) I’ve often heard this text in terms of rapture and appropriately so. It’s nestled in verses about the late hour and our limited opportunity to identify with Savior. Fiery preaching presents the end…
The Creator who cast Cain’s parents from the garden before they ate again and sealed their fate also sent this son into a future long enough for reflection and repentance.
“Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity, show yourself an example of those who believe.” (1 Timothy 4:12 NASB1995) Even well into my middle years, this verse holds significant meaning for me. It was emblazoned…
“Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning,…
The light helps us see and sort out all the little adulteries of our heart; the secret and sinful leanings that all humans possess.
“At noon, darkness fell on the whole land until three o’clock.” (Matthew 27:45 NLT) The last few days have been quite dark. In forty years of holy weeks, I’ve never waded through one as stormy as this. It started at sunset as Passover began —…