An active prayer life keeps us from being practical deists. An active prayer life is a deeply-held belief that the living God of the universe is involved in our daily affairs. Not only that He is involved, but that He cares about us. God’s Word reveals to us that God...

If you’re like me, you grew up under the impression that the God of the Old Testament and Jesus of the New Testament were not very much alike. OT God was angry and steadily slinging thou shalt not’s at His ill-behaved children. Conversely, NT Jesus was much nicer, talked a...

Thank you for praying for Kids Camp. We are having a wonderful week learning about Jesus from eternity past to eternity future. Kids are learning that even before the beginning of time, Jesus has ALWAYS been and ALWAYS will be God! Our key passage is Revelation 1:8. Jesus is the...

Anticipation is an often-overlooked aspect of personal faith in Jesus.  Anticipation is that excitement that bubbles within you when you are a child. The Christmas holidays were always a season to which I looked forward while growing up.  There were the obvious reasons for joy in the Christmas holidays: taking...

When I give it a bit of thought, I am in awe of the compassion of Jesus. I barely have compassion on the sweet old lady driving 40 miles below the speed limit on the on-ramp when I’m going somewhere. Don’t lie. I know you’re there with me. A dozen...