Please turn with me to 1 Cor 11:26. It’s the first day of the new year and it’s a time when you look back on the previous year, what went well, what didn’t, what were the lessons learned. If you haven’t had a chance to reflect on last year, I encourage you to do so. […]
2012 Vision – The Great Commandment, the Great Commission, and the Good Samaritan (pt3 of 3)
I hope you are beginning to see the thread running throughout Scripture and the pointers to Jesus and the things he emphasized. Now let’s study the context for the Great Commandment and the Great Commission a bit because I think there is a lot we can learn by doing so. Take for example, Mark 12:28-31. […]
2012 Vision – The Great Commandment, the Great Commission, and the Good Samaritan (pt2 of 3)
Only Jesus was perfectly balanced always, at all times. He certainly loved God with all of his heart, soul, mind and strength. When he had a busy day ahead of him, Jesus woke up early in the morning before the rest of the disciples were up and he went to a solitary place to pray […]
2012 Vision – The Great Commandment, the Great Commission, and the Good Samaritan (pt1 of 3)
Happy New Year! Hope you had a nice holiday last week. We had family visiting, 17 in total and 8 of them were kids, including 1 Elijah. I love family, but I have to be honest. I am very, very happy that the holidays are ending and the kids are going to be back in […]
Christmas 2011: Worship – Matthew 2:1–12 (pt3 of 3)
Fourth point: Jesus died on a cross and bought each person’s life for the purpose of worship. Luke 2 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has […]
Christmas 2011: Worship – Matthew 2:1–12 (pt2 of 3)
How did it come to pass that Jesus was born in Bethlehem? Let’s read Luke 2:1-7. Luke 2 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) So what’s the […]