It's early Friday morning and I'm sitting out back listening to the birds and the water gently spilling into a pool in our small water fountain. If you're a follower of Jesus, I encourage you to read this as an affirmation of your faith. The Cross on Calvary means … [Read more...]
How Are You Attempting to Meet Your Deepest Spiritual Needs?
Because God created you as a spiritual being, you have deep spiritual needs that only he can meet. How might you be attempting to meet them, apart from God? The story about the woman at the well in Chapter 4 of John is an excellent example of how a person can try to meet their … [Read more...]
What Foods are Permissible? Weekly Health Devotional
"I'm on a diet, I can't eat that!" "Everything is permissible, but not everything is helpful. Everything is permissible, but not everything builds up." 1 Corinthians 10:23 The above scripture tells us that everything is permissible but not everything is good for us. Because of … [Read more...]
Faith and Freedom
On this Independence Day weekend, today's church service was a little different. No teaching or sermon, but lots of patriotic songs about our country and the Christian faith. If there was a theme to the service and songs, I'd say it was freedom. In that light, I'm going to … [Read more...]
Jesus’ Death Gives Us Freedom from the Law
Do you experience direct interaction with God or is there some intermediary between you and Him? In times before Jesus' death, it was Jewish law and custom that only the High Priests could enter the Most Holy Place in the temple, where the ark of the covenant and God's presence … [Read more...]
