“I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever.” And in case they still don’t get it (which they don’t!), he concludes, “This bread is my flesh! I will give it for the life of the world!” ...
Our Messiah’s birth was long-promised for centuries. His coming ushered in a new kingdom of Light. Those who believe in Jesus gain release from the kingdom of darkness, and one day that evil kingdom will be utterly destroyed[4]. In addition: Christ’s coming is an ever-present and o...
Consider also the positive impact on mind and spirit if we pray with anticipation, affirming God will act to fulfill his highest purpose. If we thank God that it will be so before it is so—that’s faith!* Such a prayer might be: I praise you, O God, for your power that can fulfi...
By jefferis May 23, 2016 Leave a comment Paul, Called to Be an Apostle – a sermon: God’s Sovereign Purpose of Salvation, Calling Us to Peace, even while we oppose Him – Ephesians 1:1 God, Time, and Foreknowledge – How Can God Know the Future? By jefferis July 15, 2015 Leave...
Start small, be kind to someone and find a way to help someone who cannot repay. It will be hard but the muscle will grow. Get out from your lonely internal place. Let God pull back the drapes to your heart and let the light shine in again. You won’t feel anything but know this...
Ever since the fall in the garden, humanity has had trouble. Jesus made it clear that trouble was part of living in the world, but God will not give you more trouble than you can handle because God is not the giver of trouble. God is the giver of life.
Yes! Would you like Christian answers to give atheists? This is a free online booklet that deal with improper theories and musings called science related to the origin of the origin of the universe, the origin of life, and evolution. Here is a link to a related sermon: Evolution is NOT...
Sermon for the Second Sunday in Lent(From the Gospel for the day) Tells us how God drives forward some of His children by the struggle between the inward and outward man. Matt. xv. 21-28.--"Jesus went thence and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. And, behold, a woman of...
A bit of research revealed that Luther based his hymn on these scriptural truths from Psalm 46: God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble (v. 1) We will not fear though the earth give way (v. 2) The Lord Almighty is with us; God is our fortress (v. 7) ...
“Without God there is no virtue because there is no prompting of the conscience . . . without God there is a coarsening of the society; without God democracy will not and cannot long endure. . . . If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a Nation gone...