We pray that you were encouraged, challenged, and fortified over the past eight weeks as the same message of faith, endurance, and hope that was preached to the Hebrew Christians…
Discipline—would you say it is generally a good thing or a bad thing? What role has discipline played in your life thus far? How do you most relate to discipline—as…
Over the next seven weeks let us set our hearts and minds on the letter to the Hebrews. “In the past God spoke…” These are the very first words of…
Isn’t it interesting how what we label “urgent” we would not also always label “important”? The Preacher writes in Ecclesiastes that God has set eternity in the human heart (3:11).…
Put yourself in the shoes of the disciples—those eleven who were present at the Mount of Olives at the close of Jesus’ earthly ministry. After 40 days like the ones…
One author describes the forty-day period between Christ’s Resurrection and Ascension as the “Indian summer” of that truly miraculous point in human history when the Word of God became flesh…
Two thousand years ago occurred the single greatest event in history thus far—a non-resistant peasant from a small town was condemned as a threat to both the Roman Empire and…
Over the past three weeks we’ve wrestled with the life-altering sacrifices of life, relationship, and treasure. This Sunday we’ll look at something which lies at the core of our sense…
“Old habits die hard.” How often have these words rung true in our ears—for better and for worse? The same might well have been said of the Jews of Jesus’…
As we begin thinking about putting away the decorations and try to finish off the last of the holiday desserts before our New Years’ diets begin, may our refrains of…