Mark 1:14-15 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” I think we can make the gospel too complicated. My husband and I recently visited the Billy Graham Training Continue Reading…
Deuteronomy 6:5 You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. I’m afraid many in today’s culture are suffering from heart disease. Not atrial fibrillation or clogged arteries or endocarditis. I’m talking about our spiritual hearts. The first Continue Reading…
John 14:12 “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.” In 1804 Thomas Jefferson started cutting and pasting all the passages in the Gospels he Continue Reading…
Psalm 145:4 One generation shall commend your works to another and shall declare your mighty acts. My Grandpa Creech served as a country preacher most of his adult life. He founded and pastored the small church where I grew up in southern Ohio for about forty years. Rehoboth Mission was Continue Reading…
James 1:22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. Demonstrative speeches turn out to be some of the most interesting assignments I give my Public Speaking students. They also hold the record for most mishaps. Since students are required to show how to do something, not Continue Reading…
2 Timothy 4:2 “preach the word; be ready in season and out of season….” Are you telling the good news about Jesus Christ as the Christmas carol admonishes us to do? Statistics reveal 96% of believers will never lead another person to Christ. We seem to lack either the conviction Continue Reading…
Matthew 5:13 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.” Salt serves as a preserver. But when Jesus calls us the Continue Reading…
Matthew 5:13 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.” C.S. Lewis writes, “The Church exists for nothing else but to Continue Reading…
Psalm 71:18 “Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, my God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come.” I love the Pass It On billboards along the road. Like the picture of Jackie Robinson with the words “Here’s Continue Reading…
John 1:14 “The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood. We saw the glory with our own eyes, the one-of-a-kind glory, like Father, like Son, Generous inside and out, true from start to finish.” [MSG] Why are you a Christian? One of the assignments I give my Continue Reading…