The Pharisees were well intentioned enemies of Jesus followers and the early church. From their perspective they were vehement defenders of the Bible and protectors of their traditional…

The devil led him to Jerusalem and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself…

Seeing common things in uncommon places can be unsettling. I think that’s why elementary school children are surprised when they discover their teachers don’t, in fact, live at…

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who…

His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given…

The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we…

If I asked you to tell me the Golden rule right now, you’d probably come up with “do unto others as you would have them to you.” You…

There aren’t many rich lottery winners. Taxes aside, the tendency of most people who acquire wealth by windfall is to spend it as fast as possible, it seems….

Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. Then Jesus came…

Expectations and reality often have a gap between them that can frustrate us. It can be hard to accept when you build up a specific timeframe in your…