Life This Side of Heaven

Jesus lamented over Jerusalem and their rejection of God's love. So what did Jesus do? Jesus didn’t stop there in His sorrow. He went to the cross. He announced, “On the third day I will reach my goa…

“Trust your gut.” Have you ever heard that phrase?  It’s an expression which means, “Trust your intuition. Do what feels right.” But think of how often easy it is for us to second guess those things …

There’s a similarity in each of the temptations Jesus faced from the enemy – to doubt the Father’s love. When faced with the temptation to put that love to the test, Jesus's response instead was to p…

From the desert floor to the highest peak, providing a vantage point where all the kingdoms of the world could be viewed in an instant, the devil tried another tack in his bid to tempt Jesus. In in …

Have you ever been shushed at the library? There are sometimes when you and I shouldn’t be talking. You shouldn’t talk in library. You shouldn’t chat at the opera. And it’s never a good idea to start…

What’s a hand heart? It’s a gesture with you can make with your hands to signal your affection. To make the image even more dramatic, folks on social media will often make the gesture with their hand…