Over the past 15 years I have worked at leaving my past behind and walking in my new identity in Christ. One thing that has been critical to this journey is surrounding myself with verses about what God says about me and my new identity in Him. The Bible is filled from cover to cover…
If there is anything that could be said for 2017, it was drama. I was surrounded by a lot of drama; from the death of my best friend and aunt, to personal friends fighting very serious health struggles. I, myself, battled my own health struggles and my oldest son had surgery on his ears. There…
It was a birth like no other. A King born in a stone-hewn wayside shelter meant for travelers and their animals. The news of His birth was announced by angels and his visitors were herdsmen. His cradle was a feeding trough and his mattress old, smelly hay. Hardly the opulent conditions usual for a king….
Why Jesus? Why did Jesus come to earth in the first place? Have you wondered that? Why did God send His only Son to be born in such poverty, live so humbly, and die so tragically? What was the point? Don’t we have the 10 Commandments to tell us how to live? Shouldn’t that be…
If Jesus is the Lamb of God and the Bread of Life, when and where should He be born? Was Jesus really born on Christmas Day? Dr. Luke was a man of detail. This is reflected greatly in the manner in which he wrote the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and the Epistle of Acts. Luke takes great pain…
The scent of pine and cinnamon filled the air. Presents were piled high around the Christmas tree as it twinkled a rainbow of colors. Peace and joy should have filled the heart of each person gathered to open the gifts but although their faces revealed smiles, for the most part a different emotion ruled in…
