The Wilderness – Testing the Heart
This week marks the first days of Lent, a season of recollection and reflection rooted in the 40 days Jesus spent in the wilderness. The Spirit immediately drove him out…
Faith on Fridays—Faith and friends
Faith in Jesus makes up the Mechanics of Life. Some men came, bringing to Jesus a paralyzed man, carried by four of them. Since they could not get him to…
Snapshots of the Cross in the Old Testament—the high priest
The activities on the Day of Atonement took place around and in God’s dwelling, the tabernacle. Though many priests were involved, the High Priest played the central role. I want…
Faith on Fridays—Faith and feelings
Faith in Jesus makes up the Mechanics of Life. Elijah (1 Kings 19:3-5)—Terrified, Elijah quickly ran for his life. He came to a lone broom bush and collapsed in its…
The “born again” experience
Martha, Mary and Lazarus were close friends of Jesus. Lazarus got sick “so the sisters sent word to Jesus, ‘Lord, the one You love is sick’” (John 11:3). While Jesus…