Good things often bring with them some bad. Imagine kids asking for a dog. They envision only the positives; it will be great. “Yes, we know it’s a big responsibility. Yes, I’ll take care of it, feed it, walk it, clean up after it, please please please!!” Then the novelty wears off, reality sets in,…
What’s a mirage? Usually something someone sees in the desert when longing for water. Off in the distance, there is a pond, a small stream, water, so the person runs to it and diving in, realizes it’s sand. Sometimes, they give way to the mirage and dig frantically at sand hoping beyond desperation to find…
(John 4:4-26) 4 Now he had to go through Samaria. 5 So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about…
A Late-Night Evangelism Visit 1. Nicodemus had some wrong ideas 2. Jesus had some good news to share 3 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no…
And so it was that God completed heaven and earth in all their vast array declaring them to be, “Very good.” In that goodness, God gave the man made in his image the task of naming the animals. And so it was as he named the animals that the man came to understand that even…
The Parable of the Bad Tenants 9 He went on to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it to some farmers and went away for a long time. 10 At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants so they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat…
It was 3:37 pm on a Saturday afternoon, the day before last Easter. I was running down the sidewalk to the pharmacy to get a Covid test at 3:45PM, the last test of the day before it closed. I had scheduled the test about 10 minutes before when I found out I would need it,…
Download Life Guide Christians, Be Careful! (1 Corinthians 10:1-13) For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. 2 They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. 3 They all…
In the name of Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. Would you want to know when you’re going to die? It’s the kind of question that brings all kinds of different responses. I ran across an online poll of 29 people who were asked this question. 16 said “Yes I would want to…
Jesus knows I. He knows what we’re going through II. He knows how to help Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize…