During the current crisis families have been encouraged to remain healthy at home. However, it's important for you and me to remain spiritually healthy as we do it. The apostle Paul reminds us that t…
“If you want to get to him, you will have to go through me first.” Have you ever heard that phrase, or one similar to it? It can be used two different ways. One involves “access” and the other invol…
It seems like it would be an easier life to be a fat cat than a rescued sheep. It’s understandable to want to escape from health scares, employment problems and the struggles that make up our day-to-…
Thieves and robbers. Those may not be two words that come to mind when you think about sheep grazing peacefully in a pasture but it’s a real problem for ranchers. Jesus used this familiar to warn of …
Remember when futuristic space movies would should a time when computers would speak and actually address its user by name? Today, many homes now have smart devices that come equipped with voice assi…
One thing useful that has come out of the current stay-at-home directives, in our states and provinces, is that it’s brought us to take a closer look at the nature of worship. Gathering for worship i…
It’s not especially complimentary to be called a sheep. After all, it's not like we make sheep the mascot any of our sports teams. However, when you take a closer look, it soon becomes apparent why D…
A “Bull Market” is the description that is given when the economy is sound and when the price of stocks, bonds, and commodities continues to rise over an extended period of time. A "Bear Market" is o…
Peter tells us, “For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.” Talk about seed that has stood the test of time! There’s a re…
A lot has changed in heart surgery over the years. Today, more and more of it is being doing robotically. It's amazing! Here’s something else that’s amazing but it hasn’t changed at all over the year…
For the two disciples on the way to Emmaus, it looked as if someone had poured cold water over all their hopes. In love, Jesus didn’t abandon these disciples to their false hopes and kicking the ashe…
When Jesus appeared to the two disciples on the road to Emmaus He made a point of concealing His identity. Luke tells us, “As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus Himself cam…
Today, we live in a culture which tries its best to avoid "bad news." For the disciples on their way to Emmaus, they would have read and heard the promises in the Old Testament. However, if we have d…
The current pandemic has demonstrated how easy it is for false information, rumors and myths to spread. And just like the pandemic itself, it can be harmful. As a result, members of the medical comm…
Jesus’ resurrection means that you and I have something that cannot be touched by any of the events that cause concern on the evening news. And Peter describes it here in 1 Peter 1:3-4. In dark and …
When the disciples claimed to have seen our risen Savior, Thomas told them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not…
On Easter morning, Jesus appeared alive to the disciples. He had just completed the work of your salvation and mine. The first thing Jesus did was to assure the disciples of the peace with God they n…
On that first Easter morning Jesus made a point of showing the disciples His wounds. It verified that this was truly Jesus who was standing before them. It certified the peace which He just announced…
With all of our technology today, that enables us to take on the phone and video chat, we still experience what our grandparents did before us. We miss having our loved ones, right here, right beside…
Tomorrow is Easter ... Now, you may be thinking to yourself, “Wow, this guy has been cooped up in the house and self-distancing too long.” It’s been said that without the familiar routines of our eve…
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