We just celebrated Easter - the resurrection of Jesus Christ!  Next on God’s prophetic timetable is Jesus’ return!  We don’t know when, only that He is coming again, because He told us so.  But in the meantime, He gave us His great commission to go into all the world and make disciples, to be His witnesses in our sphere of influence. He gave us the mandate to influence our culture, to be His light and the salt of the world.  But before we get too far ahead of ourselves we must...

“Happy Easter!”  The word Easter is only found in scripture one time, and only in the KJV (cf. Acts 12: 4b).  In other translations you will find the word Passover (greek - pascha), meaning “to pass over, to spare.”  The word Easter (eastre) means “to shine, to dawn, to spring forth.”   We cannot have Easter without Christ crucified, they go hand-in-hand!   Jesus Christ was humanities  pascha Lamb!   John the baptist proclaimed “Behold!  The Lamb of God who take away the sin of the world!” (John 1: 29b)  Jesus made atonement for our sins on the cross (“For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us.” -1 Cor.5: 7b).   But Jesus did not.......

“For I determined to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.” (1 Corinthians 2: 2)   The street in Jerusalem which led to Jesus’ crucifixion was called Via Dolorosa, Latin meaning, “Way of grief,” “way of sorrow,” “way of suffering,” “painful way.”   Jesus praying in the garden of Gethsemane prayed,....

The bible says, “…Jesus knew that His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.” (John 13: 1)   For each one of us, “our hour” is coming too, when we...

As Becky and I prepare for a week of vacation, for some “rest and renewal,” I ponder what (who) I am temporarily leaving behind.  Thoughts of...

How would you answer the question, “Are You Faithful?”   I guess another question would be, “Faithful to what?”  Webster defines faith as: belief without proof; confidence; reliance; belief in God; loyalty; fidelity to an agreement or promise.  Webster defines faithful as: loyal; exact; true.

The Greek word for faithful is ‘Pistos’ meaning, “Trustworthy.”

It is not so important that we can define Faithfulness, but that we demonstrate it and that we understand the object of our faithfulness!

In Revelation (3:7-13) Jesus writes...

As I continue to recover from the flu, I realize even more now the importance of taking care of my body (as much as lies within my power).  I realize that although I think I am in “reasonable” health, it takes a more extensive examination from the professionals, and it takes my active participation (e.g. annual physical, diet, exercise, etc.,…).  One reason I purchased a FitBit was so that I can...

“It is surely true that the way gets more uphill and the fight of the enemy stronger as the days go by.  There is only one thing that we can do and that is to battle on and battle through.  Praise Him, that His grace is sufficient.  There are battles ahead for us all as we hold to the old paths and refuse to compromise with this modern craze for an adulterated gospel.”   - Leonard Ravenhill

The church in Thyatira was in jeopardy of God’s judgement for going along with an “adulterated gospel”, or that seducing spirit of “Jezebel.”  It is a very serious sin to lead others into...

I am sick as I am penning this so my thoughts might be compromised, that is “less then desirable.”   Why am I sick?  Well in the big picture, it is just part of the fall of mankind because of sin.  In the smaller picture, because I was one of those that proudly proclaimed, “I don’t get flu shots!”  Certain types of Pride are sin, and I have had to ask the Lord to forgive me, but not getting a flu shot is not a sin, but by not taking the advise of the physicians I...