God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee approached him with her sons, doing obeisance and asking for something from him. Matthew 20:20 (Reference Bible) If we call ourselves Christ-ian, it means that we believe certain things about Christ. It means that we have decided to give Him the benefit of knowing what He is... Continue Reading →
Then as an answer to him some of the scribes and Pharisees said: ¨Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.¨ Matthew 12:38 (Reference Bible) As usual the world is set in sharp contrast to the teachings and workings of Jesus. In Matthew 12 verses 38 to 42 Jesus was confronted by the ambitious... Continue Reading →
Jesus took aside His disciples and instructed them to go out into the community. But before He sent them He gave them authority in areas where we humans normally cannot go. He gave His messengers power over disease and dark spirits. Let´s take a moment to consider what Jesus asked them to say and do... Continue Reading →
As you go, preach, saying, ¨The kingdom of the heavens has drawn near.¨ Matthew 10:7 Jesus sent out His disciples with the message to give to the world. He wanted to spread the good news about the realm of heaven, where God reigns supreme. The people of that day only saw the world around them,... Continue Reading →
If we were to strip down our faith and our religion, what would we find there? There is much that we could include and many outward expressions. But should we try to get beyond all the superfluous matter and get to the heart of the matter, what is hiding there below the surface? Far deeper... Continue Reading →
A lot is said these days about making a choice. Christianity is being thought of as just that. We are asked if we choose to make Jesus our Savior. Then, after we have agreed that we are sufficiently convinced in our minds and hearts that Jesus is the Son of God, the next step is... Continue Reading →
And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of disease and all manner of sickness among the people. (Matthew 4:23 American Standard Bible) So familiar are we to the story of Jesus that perhaps we rarely stop to think what was... Continue Reading →
A very dear friend of the family just sent us word on his current situation of health. This person has been an inspiration to me towards spiritual growth all my life and has been to me like a second earthy father. He is not overly advanced in years but is suffering a terminal illness. His... Continue Reading →
True to the usual way of Jesus, when He spoke, the words addressed a common situation. As we see continually throughout the Bible, men and women look with earthly eyes at the passing scenes and take always the physical and the common interpretations of those moments. However Jesus was constantly trying to tell us and... Continue Reading →
I found a passage from Luther´s Commentary on Galatians where on p.14. He was defending Jesus as very God and that it was correct and just that only God could make amends for the damages of sin. Here Luther goes so far as to point finger at those sects who still cling to the notion... Continue Reading →
Searching For Christ 