We learn a lot about Jesus from the four gospels. Did you ever notice what we don’t learn about Him? Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John all omit any physical description of the Messiah, and Matthew and John walked with Him for three years. Apparently, they...

They might be the most powerful words Jesus spoke in His time on earth: “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:21 NIV) I read Matthew 6 as part of my Bible in a year schedule. It reminded me of...

There is an interesting pair of bookends in the Bible concerning the Apostle Peter. The Gospels of Matthew and Mark report that Jesus saw Peter and others fishing in the Sea of Galilee and said to them: "Come follow me.” The Gospel of Luke doesn’t...

Do you like action movies? If you do and you haven’t read the book of Acts, you really should. Its formal name is “The Acts of the Apostles.” But the activity of the Holy Spirit reads like the script for an action movie. Nowhere is...

Most of us are familiar with the term “brainstorming.” It’s when a group of people get together and toss out a bunch of ideas for a project or mission. In the 1990s I first heard the expression “blame storming.” That’s when a group of people...

20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 21 I do...