We Can Plan, but the Lord Determines Our Steps
“Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain?” (Psalm 2:1) “Who’s in control?” This question often prompts a difficult conversation. It is human nature to want to be in control, to...
God Is for—Not Against—Us!
(Jesus) revealed his glory…. (John 2:11b) Some leaders have power and use it to harm people, like Adolph Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Pol Pot. God does not have “a lot” of power. He has...
Justified by His Grace
So that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life. (Titus 3:7) High profile court cases have been in the national news in recent months. Two...
Thanks be to Jesus our Savior—God’s Christmas gift to us!
So you are no longer a slave, but a son. And if you are a son, then you are also an heir of God through Christ. (Galatians 4:7) Question: What is something that we...
The Greatest Christmas Gift!
Therefore, since the children share flesh and blood, he also shared the same flesh and blood, so that through death he could destroy the one who had the power of death (that is, the...
The most important and costly gift ever given, Jesus
“He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?” (Romans 8:32) Are you a person who...
The Lord’s promises fulfilled bring blessings!
“Blessed is she who believed, because the promises spoken to her from the Lord will be fulfilled!” (Luke 1:45) “I’m a virgin! I swear!” “Yeah, right! We all know how biology works, and you...
Hearts Readied for Christ’s Coming
Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ (Luke 3:8a) Among those who heard these words were the Pharisees (Matthew 3:7). The...
Ready or not, here he comes.
“I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come,”...