I have for the last several months been struggling with my Christianity. Even to the point that I removed myself from teaching a Bible...

Luke 19:42 says, “Would that you knew the things that make for peace.” Consider the words of this verse! Jesus knew that the daily life...

Acts 2:46-47 says: “They followed a daily discipline of worship in the Temple followed by meals at home, every meal a celebration,...

Nahum 1:15 says: “Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news, Who announces peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; Pay...

Ephesians 4:1-3 says: "Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have...

“But you, Bethlehem, David’s country, the runt of the litter— From you will come the leader who will shepherd-rule Israel. He’ll be no...

“Again, you have heard that the ancients were told, ‘You shall not make false vows, but shall fulfill your vows to the Lord.’ But I say...

Making the Prince of Peace key in your life “For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on...

1 John 3: 16-18 "This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our...

It is not often that I write a column that uses an Apocryphal text, but I find myself struggling this year with the idea of giving thanks...

How many of you have had problems in life? I would guess all of us – if we are honest with ourselves – have had a number of setbacks,...

The apostle Paul says in Ephesians 4: 14-16: “We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and tossed about by every wind of...

“All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to...

Jesus said, “ The one who hates Me hates My Father also. If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not...

2 Cor. 5:17 “So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!” (NRSV)...

Two things I try hard to not do in this column- talk politics and use large pieces by other people. I am going to break both rules today...

How many of you like going to places where you might know - nobody? Not many of us. How about going places your friends might say “that’s...

Recently, a pastor friend has be looking for new and unique ways to reach people with what he called “the stale message of the Gospel”....

All over this country media people, entertainers, business owners, politicians, judges, athletes, clergy, parents, and even children are...

Why do you believe what you believe? What makes you so different? These two questions can be tough to answer sometimes. Mainly because...