Good Morning Friends,    Typically, after Easter as on Good Friday we can have a little bit of a letdown as we are reminded of the emptiness of our life without Christ. But the party is to keep on going and it is to grow. I hope that is what is happening this year. In … Continue reading How Do We Develop A Post Resurrection Spirit Filled Relationship With Jesus? →

Good Morning Friends,     If we are conducting ourselves as citizens of God's Kingdom…. if we are seeking the evidence of the presence of God in our lives, we will hopefully be striving together for something more tangible than the stones that make up the places in which we worship. Hopefully we will be striving and … Continue reading Do You Have A Personal Story Of Resurrection Related To Your Own Salvation? →

Will Our Dry Bones Come Alive This Easter?  Good Morning Friends,  A few churches teach that Easter is a pagan holiday. It, like Christmas falls in close proximity to a key point in the solar year. Christmas is honored as that time when Jesus the Light of the World came to the world. It approximates the time … Continue reading Will Our Dry Bones Come Alive This Easter? →

 Good Morning Friends,    Last night my wife and I participated in a Maundy Thursday service online and shared a meal with desert serving as the communion elements. We listened to the scripture readings of what transpired in Jerusalem on that Passover time almost 2000 years ago that include the last supper, betrayal, arrest, crucifixion … Continue reading Will We React To Christ’s Cross…As Our Cross? →

 Good Morning Friends,    I imagine that from time to time you have served a meal to the less privileged at the expense of receiving service from them. In today's text at the Last Supper Jesus washes the feet of the disciples along this theme in the Upper Room at Passover. But this action on … Continue reading Are We Humble Enough To Both Serve And Be Served For The Glory Of God? →

If Judas' Betrayal of Jesus Was Predestined So That God Might Be Glorified, Did Judas Have A Choice?  Good Morning Friends,  The Bible has several examples of God using the evil of people for good…the story of Joseph, in Genesis, being sold into slavery is one. And there was reconciliation and redemption that followed. But … Continue reading If Judas’ Betrayal of Jesus Was Predestined So That God Might Be Glorified, Did Judas Have A Choice? →

Are You Running With Jesus?  Good Morning Friends,  We live in uncertain times. And it is amazing how quickly our priorities change when a crisis or accident occurs. Instead of all the striving for success we are suddenly interested in the simple things. Things like toilet paper take on new meaning. Things like standing and … Continue reading Are You Running With Jesus? →

How Can We Glorify The Suffering Servant Through The Sounds Of Silence This Passover?     Good Morning Friends,    To the Western way of thinking the whole is simply the sum total of its parts. This point of view works fairly well until we come to people and their senses and their spirit. Plain and … Continue reading How Can We Glorify The Suffering Servant Through The Sounds Of Silence This Passover? →

   Good Morning Friends,    Jesus entered Jerusalem at a time the Jews were preparing to celebrate their deliverance from slavery in Egypt. Their deliverance was not without battle and ten terrible plagues fell on Egypt before they could leave. The last of the ten plagues was the death of all the firstborn of animals … Continue reading Are We Ready For God’s Relief And Rescue? →

   Good Morning Friends,  Early on God diagnosed the problem and designed a solution so we might appreciate the invitation to join Jesus in the Big Story of Holy History. I think that is one reason the Bible devotes so much text to the prophets like Isaiah, Ezekiel and Jeremiah. It is to help us … Continue reading How Are You Holding Up? →