The Christian Calendar begins each year on the First Sunday in Advent which in 2024 takes place on December 1 st . We will be heading into Y...

Mark 10:17 As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. "Good teacher," he asked, "what...

Mark 10:14 When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the king...

Mark 9:35 Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of al...

Sabbath Psalms – Like a Tree Psalm 1:3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does...

Mark 8:32 Jesus spoke plainly about this, so Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. Some people never grow up. In my many years of ...

Mark 7:26 The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter. (NIV)             Year...

Mark 7:8 “You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.” (NIV) One of the biggest things that Jesus had t...

John 6:54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.  I remember the first time...

John 6:35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be t...

My latest book is the beginning of a three-year project that I’ve been wanting to complete for years. I try to write devotionals on Sunday m...

Mark 6:20 Herod feared John and protected him, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard John, he was greatly puzzled; ye...

Mark 6:2 On the Sabbath, Jesus started teaching in the synagogue, and those who heard him were astounded. “Where did he learn these things...

Mark 5:27-28 She had heard about Jesus, so she came up behind him, hidden by the crowd and touched his cloak, thinking to herself, "If...

Sunday shorts: Anxious Prayers Mark 4:38 Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, ...

Mark 4:31 The kingdom of God is similar to a mustard seed, which, when sown into the ground, is one of the smallest the seeds on earth.   ...

Mark 3:25 If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. Have you ever seen the old movie "Fall of the House of Usher...

Mark 3:5 Jesus looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He ...

John 17:9 I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. (NIV)             I see a ...

John 15:16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that wha...