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How Many Angels Can Stand on the Head of a Pin?

And he said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man." John 1: 51 We recently celebrated a little-known feast day on the Christian calendar: the feast of the ... Read >

The Survivors Club

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. Psalm 23: 4 We’ve watched the international community endure one calamity after another. First, a devast... Read >

The Good Teacher

And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: `... Read >

Who, Me?

Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. . 1 Corinthians 15:58 NIV I agreed to help teach religious education at ... Read >

Divine Love

And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. ~ Colossians 3: 14 - 15 "To pick up a pin for love can convert a soul.... Read >

How Do You Know He's "The One"?

The comments at Conversion Diary got me thinking recently. Single-and-searching folks ask this question a lot (it's one I sure wondered about!). I personally take the perspective that there is no "one" for you. No "soul mate"... at least not before your ... Read >

A New Beginning

On a summer night in California a stadium sits full. Thousands of people sing along to the music of a band to which, many of them, is unknown. Cameras are rolling and just before the end of the night hundreds of them are walking to the podium. The faces i... Read >

Waiting on the Lord

I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD. Psalm 27: 13-14 I read a book a few years ago for couples discerning marriage called The Excla... Read >

Look Up

But he answered and said to his father, "Look! For so many years I have been serving you and I have never neglected a command of yours; and yet you have never given me a young goat, so that I might celebrate with my friends; but when this son of yours ca... Read >

Is Your Soul Healthy?

His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness… For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to kno... Read >

How Could a Loving God Let This Happen?

Jesus wept. (John 11: 35) Today my mind is flooded with thoughts of my friend John*. We've known each other for about a decade. At first we bonded over the struggles of being Christian, single, and searching. But in 2009, John faced bigger challenges tha... Read >

Is Love Just a Choice?

Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. 1 John 3: 18 "Love is a choice." "Why drag a relationship out? Just commit!" "People today wait too long to get married. They need to find someone in their early 20'... Read >

Trusting in God's Word

"Since many have undertaken to set down an orderly account of the events that have been fulfilled among us, just as they were handed on to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word, I too decided, after investigating ev... Read >

Simon Says Walk by Faith 

Jesus said... "If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me." Matthew 16:24 You remember how to play Simon-Says, don't you? It's probably been a few years. It's the children's game where a leader give... Read >