I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people. Everyone has heard…
Month: March 2019
Vine and Branches
“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”-Jesus “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does…
Search Me!
You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely. You hem me…
Leaven
He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough.” – Matthew 13:33 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew13:33&version=NIV Image credit https://goo.gl/images/ZCRqoc
Can Christians Get Depressed?
The short answer is absolutely! We would not ask if Christians could get the flu, diabetes, or cataracts, but there still exists a bit of reluctance to discuss mental, emotional, or psychological health as freely as we discuss physical health. Hopefully, we can change this through continued education and exposure to the realities of life….
Lost Things
“Suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’ In the same way, I tell you, there is…
Hidden Treasure
“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.” – Matthew 13:44 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew13:44&version=NIV Image credit https://goo.gl/images/Dxaf1E
The Mustard Seed
Again he said, “What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it? It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth. Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds…
Should I Just Go With My Gut Instinct?
But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. They said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.” These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit. But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in…
The Lost Seeker
For about three years, disciples followed their Rabbi, Jesus. He taught. He loved. He transformed lives and landscapes. One disciple betrayed Jesus. After a series of trials and a crescendo of violence, Jesus was crucified at a place known as the Skull.After His death, some ladies devoted to Jesus went to the tomb to further…
Food for Thought 