Years ago, Facebook took over the term friend. It became something you made or dropped with the click of your mouse.However, over the long haul, the word friend was a noble word which spoke of a relat...  Read More

"My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is ...  Read More

This is one of the most common of all spiritual challenges. If you answer yes, you will drift towards a defeated legalism, because no one can walk perfectly. If you answer no, you can drift towards a ...  Read More

In this well-known verse, we come to understand two facts, both of which change the trajectory of our lives: first is that Jesus, as our good Shepherd, laid down His life for us; the second is that we...  Read More

As we follow the aftermath of the healing of the man born blind in John 9, we see the spiritual sight that develops as the man is asked over and over to testify to what he has personally experienced. ...  Read More

It can be a wearisome toil to figure out life. It has been in the heart of man since the beginning of time to determine why things happen, what we can do to make things better, who is to blame when th...  Read More

John 8 has taken us a few Sundays to get through and includes some high statements about who it is that’s talking to the group of Pharisees in the treasury of the temple.The one of highest worth (Jesu...  Read More

To the freed slave, their Savior is cherished, but the free man has always saved himself....  Read More

So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."John 8:31–32 (ESV) Sunday’s study was...  Read More

He had come down to reach them where they were. Everyone else stood at arm’s length, but Jesus drew near....  Read More

In our Christmas tradition, a manger scene is typically represented by three wisemen. Even popular Christmas songs (We Three Kings) reflect these important people in the historical narrative of Christ...  Read More