Luke 13:10-17  (NLT)

Jesus Heals on the Sabbath
10 One Sabbath day as Jesus was teaching in a synagogue, 11 he saw a woman who had been crippled by an evil spirit. She had been bent double for eighteen…

Luke 10:38-42  (NLT)

Jesus Visits Martha and Mary
38 As Jesus and the disciples continued on their way to Jerusalem, they came to a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home…

GOLD, FRANKINCENSE, AND MYRRH

When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. After coming into the house they saw the Child with Mary His mother; and they fell to the ground and wor…

TWO KINDS OF OPPOSITION TO JESUS

When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. —Matthew 2:3

Jesus is troubling to people who do not want to worship him, and he brings out…

BETHLEHEM’S SUPERNATURAL STAR

“Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.” —Matthew 2:2

Over and over the Bible baffles our curiosity …

MESSIAH FOR THE MAGI

 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews?” —…

NO DETOUR FROM CALVARY

And while they were there, the time came for her to

give birth. And she gave birth to her firstborn son

and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him

in a manger, because there …

FOR GOD’S LITTLE PEOPLE

In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went…

THE LONG-AWAITED VISITATION

“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited

and redeemed his people and has raised up a horn of

salvation for us in the house of his servant David, as

he spoke by t…

MARY’S MAGNIFICENT GOD

 Luke 1:46–55

“My soul magnifies the Lord,

and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,

for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant.

For behold, from now on all generations wi…

PREPARE THE WAY

“He will turn many of the children of Israel to the

Lord their God, and he will go before him in the

spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the

fathers to the children, and the…

Daniel had every reason to hide away and wait for exile to end, he didn’t. He had every reason to just give in and live like the Babylonians, he didn’t. 

Daniel had every reason to lament, to give up,…

The Bible is not silent about the end times — that is, what will unfold on the earth shortly preceding Jesus’ return to the earth. Daniel is among the prophets who record visions of what will happen …

A recent study found that most people would rather know for certain that they are about to receive an electric shock than to not be able to predict it. This confirms what we have all probably experie…

Do you remember where you were on 9/11? An overwhelming sense of uncertainty and fear dominated our country that day and for many more after. Church attendance spiked as people searched for a way to …

We’ve all done it. A call drops, but we keep talking. Sometimes it takes a few seconds and sometimes it takes a few minutes, but eventually, we realize no one is listening. 

Few things can be as frust…

As kids, we ran to our parents’ room to escape the monsters under the bed. But what becomes our safe place as we get older?

Where do you turn when you’re scared, get bad news, or your world falls apar…

Art galleries are full of masterpieces that began with a simple brush stroke. We stand in awe at the finished product, but rarely do we get to see the work in progress. Would we love the Mona Lisa as…

Jesus’ coming is foreshadowed throughout the Bible. In Daniel 7, Daniel’s dream gives him a glimpse at what’s to come: “the holy people of the Most High will receive the kingdom and will possess it f…

At the beginning of Daniel 6, things are looking great for Daniel. He becomes one of three administrators over the 120 newly appointed satraps, who were like governors. Daniel impressed the king so m…