Good Morning Friends, Being a Christian means being different from all the rest of the eggs. We have been set apart for a purpose full of the Holy Spirit and blessed in ways that baffle the world. Embracing this mindset frees us to do amazing things even to qualify today’s question in the affirmative for … Continue reading Do You Feel You Are Backed Up By God’s Grace? →

Good Morning Friends, Once we have established that there is a God and that Christianity is the way to God, then a big question looms that is prompted by what we learn as youth. You see in Sunday School, in church, we learn that Jesus loves us. We sing songs to this point and memorize … Continue reading Why Does Jesus Still Have A Heart To Love Us? →

Good Morning Friends, Acts of faith are often viewed as being less rational and sound than cold analytical actions. Even our language and the changing meaning of words tends to diminish or even denigrate actions taken born out of our religious heritage. Interacting respectfully with those of different beliefs in a polarized society while remaining … Continue reading Is The Paraclete Prodding You To Practice A Practical Lifestyle Supporting The Cause Of The King? →

Good Morning Friends, We start the day with a little background information to help answer today’s question and bring the issue into our conscious thoughts, so bear with me the history lesson. There were three major theocratic parties in Israel the Sadducees, the Pharisees, and the Essenes. Josephus, the historian, linked them to Greek thought … Continue reading Are We Unconsciously Limiting God Because Of Our Perspective On Death? →

Good Morning Friends, When we were kids, my dad took my two brothers and me camping on Padre Island just south of Corpus Christi, Texas in the 1960’s. We drove on the beach and camped in the dunes…cooking on an open fire. It was not until much later that I made the connection between today’s … Continue reading Have You Considered What It Means To Be The Body Of Christ? →

Good Morning Friends, Yesterday we looked at the story of Blind Bartimaeus and it is clear that Bartimaeus left behind his dirty cloak and way of life to follow Jesus, but that faith came before his healing.  It dovetails well with our passages from 1 Peter where we are given a  recipe for spiritual growth... … Continue reading How Are We Investing Our Lives To Rid Ourselves Of Malice, Guile, Insincerity, Envy And Slander? →

Good Morning Friends, In the few years of Christ’s earthly ministry, He held many conversations. The Gospels record only a portion of those exchanges, suggesting that those discussions chosen for inclusion in the Bible are of great significance to us, and we should pay close attention to the lessons there for us. Jesus’ dialogues with … Continue reading What Do You Need To Give Up In Order To Follow Jesus And Become More Holy? →

Good Morning Friends, If the Lord does not come first, all of us will die someday. And my guess is that it will come much quicker than expected. Life goes by so unbelievable fast, so it is pointless to boast about our plans for tomorrow, for we could be disappointed or worse yet dead. The … Continue reading What Is Our Life? →