Archive for the 'Jesus' Category

The Liberty for Christmas

Saturday, December 14th, 2019

The Apostle Paul writes in Romans 14:5-6, “One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it.” These […]

The Cross

Saturday, April 20th, 2019

People wear crosses. They are a piece of decoration in the way of earrings and necklaces and pins. Sometimes they are featured on letterhead and logos. A cross was a mode of execution, an extreme, painful invention of the Romans. They meant both to torture and kill someone using this means. Why would anyone want […]

Jesus Is the Joy of Living

Saturday, February 17th, 2018

I was thinking of a song I sang in congregations while growing up and into my adult life, Jesus Is the Joy of Living. The idea just popped into my head, while considering what to write. I wondered about the song, because the music seemed like it came from a certain revivalist era. I read […]

Birth of Christ

Saturday, December 30th, 2017

The birth of Christ is an important part of the overall story, teaching, and picture. It goes all the way back to the beginning after man fell into sin, but then we know that it actually goes back to before the foundations of the world, because of God’s foreknowledge. The way Jesus was born fulfilled […]

Jesus Is God

Saturday, September 30th, 2017

Paul wants to establish his apostleship at the beginning of Galatians, because his authority has been attacked by false teachers. They are preaching a false gospel and part of their strategy was to undermine the true gospel by assailing its messenger. In the very first verse of Galatians Paul wants to establish the divine quality […]

Indignation

Saturday, July 1st, 2017

John 2 records the first passover in Jerusalem of Jesus’ after He began His public ministry. Jesus cleanses the temple, His Father’s house, because the religious leaders had made it a house of merchandise, instead of one of prayer. Someone should understand a house of prayer as a place of fellowship with God. However, God’s […]

The End of Summer

Saturday, August 27th, 2016

Jesus talks about the end of summer in Matthew 24:32, “Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh.” What does that mean? When the tree buds, it’s spring. It’s really not very complex. In this time of year when […]

Faith on the Earth?

Saturday, June 25th, 2016

Perhaps you ask yourself the same question we read in Luke 18:8, “Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?” Of course, He will find faith on the earth, but so relatively little that it merits the question. Why can we say faith will be on the earth? It […]

How Jesus Cares

Saturday, June 11th, 2016

Jesus cares about your every day life, all the little things of your life. Overall, Jesus cares for you. However, how you interpret His care is important. His caring for you doesn’t mean that you will get everything that you want just like you want. It doesn’t mean that you won’t face difficult times, or […]

Everybody Ought to Know Who Jesus Is

Sunday, August 2nd, 2015

When I was a child, in church we would sing a particular chorus.  I’m not giving a full endorsement of this chorus as worship or even this kind of singing or music ministry with children.  I did grow up with it.  The song was “Everybody ought to know.”  The music and the words do stick […]