Matthew 4:3   The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread." I didn’t sleep ve...

Today’s Bible readings:    Isaiah 9:8-15    and Matthew 2:1-6 Matthew 2:3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem wi...

Jude 1:3             Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt I had to write and urge y...

Ecclesiastes 2:17          So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chas...

1 John 1:6         If we claim to have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness,   we lie and do not live by the truth. 1 John 1:10     ...

Matthew 15:14             (Jesus said) “ Leave them; they are blind guides.   If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.” ...

Titus 1:9           He must hold firmly   to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrin...

Titus 1:2    … a faith and knowledge resting on the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time...

PCUSA Gay ordination: Transformation, not Reformation The current on-going issue in the PCUSA concerns the biennial problem of ordaining ga...

1 Thessalonians 4:7   For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.   This is one of those verses that challenge all of us...

Ephesians 4:19            Having lost all sensitivity,   they have given themselves over   to sensuality   so as to indulge in every kind of...

Acts 12:22        They shouted, "This is the voice of a god, not of a man." When our family initially came to Knoxville in 1994, ...

Acts 9:5            "Who are you, LORD?" Saul asked.   "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,"   he replied. I read an ...

Titus 2:12        It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly l...

1 Peter 5:1 To the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder, a witness of Christ's sufferings and one who also will share in the glo...

Psalm 37: 5 Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him and He will do this. Our congregation is about to embark on a new adventure. We are ...

Do we use faith as a weapon of fear and hostility, or as an instrument of compassion and reconciliation? Podcast version here 2 Peter 3:10 B...