2 Thessalonians 3:5 May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance. (NIV)   When I was in High School, I enjoye...

Ruth 1:20 “Don’t call me Naomi,” she told them. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very bitter.” (NIV)             ...

Isaiah 2:4        He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares ...

Hebrews 3:6    But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are his house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and t...

1 John 4:12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. (NIV)         ...

1 Thessalonians 2:11-12        For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children, encouraging, comforti...

Ecclesiastes 7:29           “ This only have I found: God made mankind upright, but men have gone in search of many schemes.” When I was s...

What does it mean for God to be our Sovereign Lord? Ezekiel 17:22 "'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I myself will take a shoo...

DES MOINES (AP) — Don't expect to hear these Bible stories at church. Cannibalism, rape, a bear that mauls children — this is the Bible?...

Keira Knightley perfectly plays the Duchess of Devonshire in her new movie, "The Duchess." What lessons of faithfulness can we lea...

The fatal shootings in a Knoxville Church have shocked our religious community, but we will not be defined by such a heinous act. Podcast ve...

God helps us to overcome obstacles and can clear the way ahead in our lives, so that we may serve Him fully and faithfully. A short reflecti...

When I gave my heart to Jesus more than thirty years ago, I tried to put Him first in my life. He had saved me from self-destruction and I w...

A pastoral friend of mine suddenly died this morning and I am deeply saddened by it. He was about the same age as me. We used to meet for lu...

When I first came to live in the United States, the sky seemed very different. It was more expansive and I used to spend a lot of time looki...