Do You Know The Value Of Christmas To The Jews?      Good Morning Friends,    One of the biggest hurdles to believe that the Bible is inspired, is the whole thinking around the incarnation of Jesus as the Word made flesh. The challenge is made more difficult when so many of the Jewish people rejected … Continue reading Do You Know The Value Of Christmas To The Jews? →

Can We Find Christmas or Can Christmas Only Find Us?  Good Morning Friends,  Looking for the best gift to give this season? This Christmas may be blue for some of us. Some may have only the anticipation of happiness and others a latent anxiety for lack of a place to call home. But then in the story of the birth … Continue reading Can We Find Christmas or Can Christmas Only Find Us? →

Do You Feel The Comfort Of The Holy Spirit In The Hope Of the Season?  Good Morning Friends,  It is time to prepare for Christmas. It is not time to panic. It is time for our hearts to rediscover the blessing. It is time to share the words of God to the least, the last and the lost. It … Continue reading Do You Feel The Comfort Of The Holy Spirit In The Hope Of the Season? →

Is What Our Conscience Telling Us We Should Do Of God?  Good Morning Friends,  In today's scripture from Genesis we need to be reminded that God determines what is good. We are placed here under His instructions and if we are to enjoy the experience we need to understand that sin is determining what is good without … Continue reading Is What Our Conscience Telling Us We Should Do Of God? →

What If We All Were Called To Be Disciples And Not Just Converts?  Good Morning Friends,  Here at the corner of the changing Church and the changeless Christ we contemplate what it means to remember, follow, obey and submit. Here at the corner of the Sword and the Spirit we consider what it means to be called out for … Continue reading What If We All Were Called To Be Disciples And Not Just Converts? →

Where Does Understanding Dwell?  Good Morning Friends,  I imagine that some of you reading this devotional are troubled this morning. So let's gather our thoughts squeeze them and ferment them with scripture into a drink. Then let's knead the makings of our daily bread as a dough that is to rise to awareness and be baked … Continue reading Where Does Understanding Dwell? →

Is Christ's Grace and Love Living In You?  Good Morning Friends,  At the heart of today's scripture and devotional are the echoes in our lives of the countless times Jesus engaged people up close and personal. Blind men, hungry people, a short tax collector, the woman at the well, the rich young ruler, His own disciples... … Continue reading Is Christ’s Grace and Love Living In You? →

So What Kind of Peacemaker Do You Want?    Good Morning Friends,  Bethlehem knows what it wants for Christmas. They want more tourists. They want a new tradition that does not include whatever it is that divides people. You see, hate is bad for just about everybody but the gun business.  We need to grow in … Continue reading So What Kind of Peacemaker Do You Want? →

Do You Know How To Leave A Legacy of Joy Though A Community Of Prayer?  Good Morning Friends,  For those who light Advent Wreaths this third week is the week of Joy and the lighting of the Pink Candle. And the thought of the light calls us to take this enthusiasm to the streets. We … Continue reading Do You Know How To Leave A Legacy of Joy Though A Community Of Prayer? →

 What Has God Established In Us?  Good Morning Friends,  Today we look at what God has created and the list is rather extensive. For starters God has established the heavens and placed us on a planet just so located in the galaxy and solar system for us to thrive and live. So too God has … Continue reading →