I Need Jesus Every Day, Every Moment (Part 2 of 6)

I had that kind of experience as a sophomore in college. I was a young, brash kid who thought I could do anything. So God had to put me in my place. One day, I was playing bball with some of my peers and this one friend named Randy kept on mentioning his youth...

Henry Blackaby Devotional: Long Enough on the Mountain

The LORD our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying: “‘You have dwelt long enough at this mountain.” ~Deuteronomy 1:6 If God allowed us to live on the “mountaintop,” we would not experience trials, but neither would we achieve any victories. The Israelites...

Oswald Chambers: The Conditions of Discipleship

If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also . . . . And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me . . . . So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot...

Mary Magdalene and the Da Vinci Code

Here is an informative article from Catholic Education Resource Center. Controversy over the identity of St. Mary Magdalene has continued since the early Church. In the Gospels, there are three particular “characters” involved in the controversy: Mary...

Who is Mary Magdalene?

Some things about Mary Magdalene. The Gospels do not tell us very much about Mary Magdalene. She was one of a group of women who followed Jesus and who provided for him out of their means (Luke 8:2). She was a woman called Mary who came from Migdal Nunaya, Tariquaea...