“For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities–his eternal power and divine nature–have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.”  Romans 1:20 NIV Did you know that there is no such thing as atheists?  Our language has a meaning for this word, but quite […]

“I am the LORD, the God of all mankind.  Is anything too hard for me?”  Jeremiah 32:27 A young man had been working on an important project costing hundreds of millions of dollars.  He had a critical deadline for completing a key task that absolutely could not be missed.  Unfortunately, he came down with the flu […]

“You reward everyone according to what they have done.”  Psalm 62:12 NIV Salvation comes from faith.  All the good works we can do in this lifetime do not merit entry into heaven.  It requires perfect righteousness, and we can’t earn it.  Only through our acceptance of Jesus as the Messiah are we made clean. Does this […]

“When I saw him, I fell down at his feet like a dead man.  He placed his right hand on me and said, ‘Don’t be afraid!  I am the first and the last.  I am the living one!  I was dead, but now I am alive forever and ever.  I have authority over death and […]

“He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.  Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.  Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted.  But […]

 “. . . Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will but Yours be done.”   Luke 22:42 NIV What is the most stressful experience that you’ve ever had?  From my life I’d say watching my wife have not one but two heart attacks and not knowing if she’d make […]

“By faith we understand the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.”  Hebrews 11:3  NIV Without question you’ve pondered how the universe came into being.  We all have.  As a man of both science and faith, I have no issue accepting the creation […]

“And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.  An angel of the Lord appeared to them . . . and said, I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people.  Today in the town of David a Savior has been born […]

“The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! “ John 1:29 NIV Two thousand years ago Jerusalem served as the site of the Jewish Temple and God’s presence on earth under His covenant with the Jewish people. Lambs and […]

From the Old Testament, an observation by King Solomon, arguably the wisest and richest man who has ever lived.     Psalm 127:3 Living Bible (TLB)                                                             […]