• The Thief on the Cross

    Are you somebody who has struggled with faith and feel that because you have been questioning God for so long that you have missed your chance at salvation? Do you feel as if God has turned His back on you because of your stubbornness and unwillingness to turn to Him? Do you feel as if

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  • The Debate Between Faith and Works

    Are we saved by faith alone through the grace of God, or are we saved by works? Is salvation found in the belief in Jesus and his work on the cross, or do we need to work our way into heaven? These questions have been debated for years, and the Protestant reformation was partly based

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  • Merry Christmas

    Today we celebrate the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ and I just want to say to all of you Merry Christmas and may God bless you! Here is Luke 2:7-20 from the ESV: 7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was

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  • Lex Talionis

    “Your eye shall not pity. It shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.” Deuteronomy 19:21 ESV ” But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.” Matthew 5:39 ESV Skeptics claim that the God of the Old Testament is different from the God

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  • Jesus Wept

    There are two instances in the Bible where we read that Jesus wept. I find these passages to be very powerful because of what they tell us about Jesus’ humanity. The first time Jesus wept was in John 11:35 when Lazarus died, which simply states “Jesus wept.” This is famously the shortest verse in the

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  • Why Does Matthew Say Jesus Would be Called a Nazarene?

    “And he went and lived in a city called Nazareth, so that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled, that he would be called a Nazarene.” Matthew 2:23 ESV When I first became a Christian and I started to read the Bible I came to this verse and then I did what I always did

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  • Not My Will, But Yours, Be Done

      “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.” Luke 22:42 ESV These are the words Jesus prayed to the Father as his arrest, trial, and execution were drawing near. Luke also tells us that He was in such distress that His sweat became like drops of

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  • Happy Thanksgiving

    Happy Thanksgiving to everybody out there. Psalm 100 (ESV): Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!2     Serve the Lord with gladness!    Come into his presence with singing! 3 Know that the Lord, he is God!    It is he who made us, and we are his;    we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving,    and his courts with praise!    Give thanks to him; bless

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  • In His Death He Showed Us How To Live

    We have previously talked about one of the most heart-wrenching verses in the Bible, I’m talking about when Jesus cried out to the Father in heaven asking why He had abandoned Him. You can read that article here. Today I wanted to write about a couple of Jesus’ other words from the cross because I

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  • Why Do You Call Me Good?

    And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone” Luke 18:19 ESV There are two instances in the book of Luke of people walking up to Jesus to ask Him what they must do to inherit eternal life. In chapter 10 a lawyer asks Jesus this question

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How great the chasm that lay between us.
How high the mountain I could not climb.
In desperation, I turned to heaven,
And spoke Your name into the night.
Then through the darkness, Your loving kindness,
Tore through the shadows of my soul

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