The Good Life

Born Again - Paul Before and After Saul was a Jewish religious leader- a Pharisee- and he hated Christians! The Christians were preachi...

An Angel Tells Philip Where to Go The Bible story begins with an angel giving instructions. “Now an angel of the Lord told Philip, ‘Go so...

Simon the Magician – The Man Who Tried to Pay Money for the Gifts of God Simon the Magician lived in Samaria around the time the disciple...

The First Christian Martyr - the Stoning of Stephen It had just been a year or so since Jesus had gone back to heaven and left the Holy S...

Ananias and Sapphira – An Upsetting Story The story told in Acts 5 about Ananias and Sapphira has never been one of my favorites. I’ll be...

The Very Beginnings of the Church When we speak about the Church, perhaps the first thing that comes to mind may be a congregation of m...

Pentecost – When the Church Received the Holy Spirit Jesus was getting ready to go to heaven. He had gathered His disciples together on...

Sodom and Gomorrah When God Has Had Enough Once upon a time, two ancient cities named Sodom and Gomorrah sat in a lush fertile valley. Wa...

What Would Jesus Take? This week Rush Limbaugh, a conservative political talk show host here in the good old U.S.A., shouted and banged h...

“Because I Live, You Shall Live Also” John 14:19 We celebrate Easter because Jesus rose from the dead and because He conquered death. B...

Finding God Is Like Falling In Love Lessons from the Song of Solomon We were having lunch with a Religious Studies professor from a lo...

Dem Bones, Dem bones, Dem Dry Bones: Can These Bones Live? An old Negro Spiritual, “Dem Bones” picks up on a really wild story in the Bi...

The Year of Jubilee When God gave Moses the Ten Commandments on Mt. Sinai, He also gave him commands as to how the Israelites were to m...