Journey with Hope

Haven't you heard people say, ' I can enjoy and worship God in nature; I don't need to go to church ,' or, 'I watch online and enjoy it...

In John 15:1-8, we read Jesus's teaching on the True Vine. This would have been very understandable to His listeners because grape...

Each of us is one day closer to eternity when the sun rises in the morning. Our old lives, the ones before we became a Christian, recede...

James asks a question in James 4:14 that many of us ask, " What is your life?" . He answers his own question by saying that it is a...

Work, effort, persistence, endurance, discipline are all words that don't necessarily sound like much fun. They are all wrapped up in...

In a scary and uncertain world, the importance of building up our Christian brothers and sisters is essential. We often feel alone and...

Have you ever worked so hard to achieve a goal only to have it blow up in your face? You got that promotion only to realize that now you...

Why do we regret our sins? Why do we look back with sorrow over the mistakes that we have made? Is it because we have offended God or...

The Bible explains to us in Ephesians 4:17 that while we were lost and in the world (Gentiles), we operated in the "futility of our...

Letters, we don't write letters much anymore, unless emails or long texts count. I have some letters that I have had for 50 years. I...

It is easy to give in to the feeling that we have been abandoned by God. Our circumstances may be bleak, our health gone, our loved ones...

Living in a youth centered culture today it is interesting to look at the Bible and what it has to say about being old. Old people today...

Passover, one of the greatest of all Jewish holidays, is a time of remembrance when the angel of death passed over the Jewish firstborn...

One of the complaints of the people of the prophet Malachi's time was that they felt it was useless to serve God. They did not see...

Waiting seems to be a constant theme of the Bible. Learning to wait has something to teach us. We learn patience, we learn to rely on...

As Christians we are told in the Bible that we will be a happy people, a joyful people. The Bible really makes no distinction between...

Our Holiness Journey We serve a God who tells us to " Be holy, as I am holy ." (I Peter 1:16) Many people have lived lives of even...

Still Salty? Are you still salty? I don't mean this in the common slang way that "salty" can mean today but I mean it in the way that...

What Does God Expect? What is God's expectation for us as Christians? What is it we should be doing? According to our Lord we should be...

Going it Alone Are you familiar with the expression, "Going it alone"? Have you ever decided you just don't need other people, or maybe...