The Good Life

Should Churches be as Friendly as a Bar? An article in this months’ Christianity Today caught my eye. The title is, “Should churches be...

Are You Hiding in the Secret Place? “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.” Th...

The Good Samaritan Luke 10:25-37 Jesus told his followers many stories or parables; and the parable of the “Good Samaritan” was one of ...

Either Wrap Yourself in the Comforter or Do It Alone and Worry – Which One Will it Be? We Christians have it all. We don’t act like w...

Two Fasts – the One that Pleases God and the One that Doesn’t---Isaiah 58 The 58th chapter of Isaiah begins almost immediately by des...

Draw Near to God and He will Draw Near to You James 4:8 reads, “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.” Nothing complicated abo...

Self-Improvement Follies The other day, I made a visit to our local mall-based, chain bookstore. During my search for the book I wanted...

Out with the Old and On with the New “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he/she is a new creation: old things have passed away: behold,...

The Shortest Day of the Year Today, December 21st is the shortest day of the calendar year. This is the day in the year because of the ...

The Christmas Star For more than a thousand years people have wondered about the star that led the magi to Bethlehem. Many proposals ha...

Prepare the Way of the Lord For many centuries the nation of Israel had been waiting for their promised Messiah. Prophets had foretold the S...

Psalms 1 – Just Two Kinds of People It’s all laid out before you in black and white. The very first Psalm paints two graphic pictures: one ...

The Beatitudes If you walk into any bookstore today you will find whole sections of the store containing books written about how to succeed ...

The Passover The Bible tells us that Jesus Christ is our Passover Lamb. “For Christ our Passover Lamb has been sacrificed”- 1 Corinthians 5:...

The Rejected Parent There are web sites for everything else but there are no web sites that I know of for “rejected parents”. No support gr...

More on Forgiveness The Bible treats the subject of forgiveness very seriously. And many Christians find forgiving others hard to do. Why ...

We will not be able to publish a devotional next week. Look for another devotional by November 10th!

Adam and Eve and the Fall----Genesis 3 - Paradise Lost We all know the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. We have heard how the ...